Black Lives Matter emerged out of police officers murdering unarmed black men specifically, and the justice system not punishing the shooters. Multiple cases like Eric Garner where 8 armed and trained officers choked an unarmed black man to death for the crime of selling dollar cigarettes (CNN). The movement first came about after the George Zimmerman case where an adult white male followed a young black teenager shooting him multiple times and killing him simply because he wore a hoodie. This was a pivotal case and turning point in American society, setting the bar that the killing of unarmed black men was going to be allowed by the justice system and police shortly after started shooting more and more unarmed black men, so Black Lives Matter…
Black Lives Matter is a racial justice group that was made after Michael Brown had died. Michael Brown was the innocent teen who has died because of…
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” Assata Shakur, a former incarcerated Black Panther member, states this in her autobiography.…
Inspired by the civil rights movement and others before it, the Black Lives Matter movement seeks to protest to gain political acknowledgement of the atrocities facing the black community in America and work with political leaders to rectify the issues that have plagued our communities for far too long. On their website, the Black Lives Matter movement describes itself as “an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.” However, the movement does not only seek advancement for African Americans, but for all, regardless of race, gender and sexual orientation. The Black Lives Matter Movement is very progressive in support of gender issues such as equal pay and reproductive rights for women and eliminating discriminatory policies based on sexual orientation and gender identity, which are all also huge talking points within our social atmosphere…
Black lives matter, is an activist movement that was formed to campaign against racism and forms of police brutality against African Americans. The movement was formed in wake of the shooting murder of Trayvon Martin after his killer George Zimmerman was acquitted. The movement was founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. These three African American women started the popular #blacklivesmatter in reaction to Zimmerman being acquitted (Murphy 1). The movement has since spread to other countries including Brazil, Canada, and several other countries (Adam 1).…
Black Lives Matter advocates against racial profiling, racism, and police brutality. Protesters have been able to come together to uphold their role in fighting for human rights and social justice. The cycle of marginalization will continue to repeat if more members of society refuse to take a stand against injustice. Upholding human rights and social justice have been enforced by movements like Black Lives Matter, especially regarding the lives lost of Yvette Smith, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice.…
Almost two billion dollars a year from taxpayers go towards police misconduct. Black Lives Matter, is a necessary movement by African Americans, to show the police prejudice and police brutality demonstrated by the United States police force. Black Lives Matter is a movement which was created in 2012 after Trayvon Martin’s murderer was acquitted for killing him. While Martin was visiting his…
Their organization promotes racial divide as they think blacks are more important than others and they they deserve more than anyone and think they are owed something. If Black Lives Matter keeps growing there will be more racial divide in the U.S. along with more riots, more protest and more crime. Black Lives Matter has only been growing and becoming more popular each…
The organization describes mass incarceration as a form of state violence, state violence being the state’s intentional dehumanization and deprivation of institutional power of black people. Black Lives Matter was created in the aftermath of the shooting death of black 17-year-old Trayvon Martin by white neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in response to Martin’s vilification. The organization grew in the wake of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, at the hands of Darren Wilson, a white police officer, and has continued to grow as a result of other incidents of police violence against blacks. Black Lives Matter’s connections to Black Liberation Movement groups, including its slogan and protests, have caused some to label it as a domestic terror organization. Much contention surrounds whether the motto ‘black lives matter’ is anti-police, anti-white, and anti-establishment or reflects a particular vulnerability of blacks that relates to the experiences of all people of color within a white supremacist society.…
Distraught at the verdict, Oakland community activist Alicia Garza wrote an impassioned Facebook plea ending with the words "black lives matter." Patrisse Cullors, a community organizer from Los Angeles, shared the Facebook post and put a hashtag in front of those three words. The ideas expressed -- the economic, political and social empowerment of African Americans(BLACK LIVES MATTER: A SUMMARY).Black Lives Matter is a call to action and a response to the anti-Black racism that permeates our society. Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond The killings of African Americans by police and…
The organization began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media. It originated in the African-American community that campaign against violence and systemic racism toward African-Americans. BLM regularly protests, police killings of black people and broader issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system. The overall Black Lives Matter movement, however, is a decentralized network and has no formal…
The Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) is one of good intentions, but a variety of flaws. The execution of BLM tends to be one that is counter-productive. The creators of the movement state that it is one that “…is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression” (Black Lives Matter, 2016). The Black Lives Matter movement began after the death of Trayvon Martin when George Zimmerman was acquitted, and individuals felt a desire to bright to light the evident issue of anti-Black racism in our country (Black Lives Matter, 2016).…
Black Lives Matter is a movement that campaigns against institutional racism and brutality toward black people. It stands apart from previous movements advocating for equal treatment of the black community because it includes and even highlights the fringe groups like LGBT people, women, and the disabled. This type of intersectionality underscores the commitment the movement has to advocating on the behalf of all black people. This social movement is unique in another way as well because it uses social media as its main way of creating awareness, organizing, and promoting social change. Social movements rely mainly on a groups ability to share grievances and ability to organize.…
Black Lives Matter is an organization that formed in 2012 after Trayvon Martin was killed by a police officer named George Zimmerman (BLM.com). Many people have mixed opinions on this topic, as it is a sensitive subject. Opinions relate to both sides of the spectrum between blacks and whites. Throughout the United States many other shootings, and gatherings have surfaced because of these deaths among the black community.…
The Black Lives Matter movement is more than a call to action for police brutality, it’s a call for justice to stop the racial inequality that can still be seen today. It all started in 2013 when three women, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza, created the hashtag #blacklivesmatter after Trayvon Martin was placed on trial for his own murder while George Zimmerman, the man who killed him, was not held accountable (Black Lives). Many people were angered by this, so with the help of cultural workers, artists, and designers, the movement was able to expand beyond a social media hashtag to what you see today, a full fledged civil rights movement (Black Lives). The movement grew even larger in 2014 after Michael Brown, a black, unarmed…