Black Lives Matter Essay

televisions’ of a young black boy shot and killed in Florida. The month of February 2012 and many months following had the country shook as more information about the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman story surfaced. After about a year and a half of awaited justice, none came as they announce Zimmerman’s Innocent of all charges. A shaken nation had become even more shook and bewildered; how could a man that we all knew was guilty walk away free? With that the cry for “Black lives matter”…

for and against Black Lives Matter Black lives matter is an activist movement that gained a following after 2013 once #blacklivesmatter was thrown around social media following the murder of 15 year old unarmed black boy, Trayvon Martin. This group acts as the voice for countless stories of police brutality and misuse of power. Black lives matter was created in order to bring awareness to crimes that were merely brushed aside. However with its good intentions, the black lives matter movement…

Black Lives Matter Movement is definitely a topic for discussion, as well as all the backlash that comes along with the movement. I feel this movement has its pros and cons, just like any other movement. People started this movement on the unnecessary killings of unarmed black men. African American people were fighting for justice as well as being treated fairly and not being treated unfairly just by the color of their skin. In today’s society there is a lot of violence and killing amongst our…

few months ago, in my Living for change class at Tacony High, we had a discussion on black lives within America. During that discussion, a girl spoke on the Eric Garner situation where she began to justify his death by saying, "If you look at his record he was a terror to society, him being dead makes it one less criminal for people to worry about." In that moment of anger and rage, I realized how disposable black bodies are in this country. When we are killed by police they scream “threat,”…

is seen worse as without exception. Similar to saying that just watching the crime happen is almost as worse as the one who commited the crime. People are slowly recognizing that parallel racism throughout the world.Within the black community the issues of Black Lives Matter, police brutality and racial gaps that lead to an unfair advantages. Within the white American community the term of white supremacy is similar to…

The black lives matter page is very overwhelming. I find the black on the yellow to the random slide that is red to be mind-boggling. The first picture you see when you click on the about page, you see an image inside the off-setting black and yellow box. The image shows a dark colored man in a black hoodie holding up a dandelion in a protesting fashion. Some of the seeds of the dandelions are flying away. To me that’s symbolizing that the seeds represent that black race breaking away. If you…

teenager. Ever since that time, black lives matter social movement have been taking place. It is an international activist movement that was originated in the United States that campaigns against the continuous violation against black people. Not long ago, a protest took place at free speech area of Borchuck Plaza at ETSU campus (Svrluga, 2016). Currently, racism has risen everywhere above all expectations within the US nation. Everyone in this life wants to live freely without facing any kind…

group that has personally played a role in my life is Black Lives Matter. Not only because it is the loudest and most known group fighting for their protection and safety but because in about a year I plan to join the law enforcement field and become a police officer as well. Black Lives Matter is an international activist movement, where citizens in the African American community campaign against violence and perceived systemic racism towards black people. It all started in 2012 when…

and causing a negative attention to the team, I think these players and people who think America is so horrible should just be on their way somewhere else. All in all, I think Americans should support America. In this article the idea of ‘Black Lives Matter’ is brought up. B.L.M is…

have played a significant role in the world are the political art and rhetoric, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the start of Jazz. Political art in the form of campaigns is not something we talked about but it plays a big part in social movements almost every 4 years. Politicians use slogans, signs,…