Introduction To Black Liberation

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Book Review As a sociologist, I am continually interested in engaging with social movements that are happening. That interest is what led me to choose From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation to do my book review on. This book analyzes the development of politics in the United States and further argues that even though we have an African American president, America is a racialized society and African Americans face inequality in three prominent molds; biological, through color blindness, and the culture of poverty in the modern era, all of which will be discussed further. The last theme in her book was regarding the media and its representation of Black people being an outlet for cultural racism. …show more content…
The first mold is biological; this means that certain races are seen as being superior automatically. These races are primarily the White, Anglo-Saxon people, as discussed in class. The second mold is colorblindness. Colorblindness is when people ignore the fact that race plays a role in our lived experiences; and, it disregards that race is a prominent concept in today’s society. Lastly, the culture of poverty in American society plays a vital role in African American inequality. Examples of this are criminalization of the Black race and African Americans being lazy. The media largely influences this last mold. I had a perfect example in one of my other classes of this. For Trayvon Martin’s case on television, he was shown wearing a hoodie and was being portrayed as the bad guy based on his looks; meanwhile, there was a man who was getting convicted of rape on several accounts and because he was an upper class, white, male, his photo was showing him as his best, clean cut self, ultimately portraying him as innocent. All of these molds play a vital role in the African American experience in the U.S and the ways that race is …show more content…
This allowed me to have a comparative piece to apply to the reading. In my opinion, the presentation was very biased and offensive in some ways. For example, I, and some others there, had a more conservative view and went in with questions and an open mind. For many topics, I was genuinely curious about she downplayed and rejected as being worth her time. This presentation made me appreciate the voice, respect, and input of Taylor in her book. Overall the book did expand my ways of thinking and it allowed me to learn more on a topic that needs to be brought to the attention to the American public across all ethnicities, races, and