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television screen daily. As these high profile cases developed with a rise of Black and Brown women and men dying, Hip-Hop artists took to conscious lyrics and activism to express their dismay of America’s justice system and support for the Black Lives Matter movement. After Michael Brown’s death in 2014, J. Cole penned an open letter demanding an end to injustice stating before flying out to Ferguson’s protests: "I 'm tired of being desensitized to the murder of black men, We become numb. I…

Literature Matters One cannot just pick up a book and not expect to learn something. This is true of literature in all aspects. Literature is not just about poetry and short stories; it is about history, culture, and adventure. Every single time we engage in reading we are giving ourselves the opportunity to learn something we have yet to experience. Literature matters, and when one embraces what literature has to offer with an open mind and a sense of readiness you are privileging yourself to…

endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Tomas Jefferson. Freedom matters to me for three main reasons: it is the core principle America was established upon, it gives its citizens certain rights, and it provides greater opportunity. The first reason why freedom matters to me is that it is the core principle America was established upon. During the 16th century, the French Huguenot Pilgrims came to America…

In 1963 Martin Luther King gave a speech “I Have a Dream” it gave hope that blacks and whites would someday become equal, but to this day, that has not came, because “Black Lives Matter” has started a Movement to make justice for all. The reason why “Black Lives Matter” has started is because in the American society African Americans are tired of young black men getting shot because they look or act like they are from a gang. The reason why I have picked this subject is for many reasons. As in,…

2012, the first African American was shot and killed by a self-proclaimed neighborhood watch volunteer. After all of this fear and hatred that was faced for centuries by African-Americans, change needed to happen and the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement was created to do so. KEY EVENTS…

killing black people. As a member of law enforcement, their job is to protect and serve the community, but it seems like all they are trying to achieve is inflict fear upon and intimidate people. One action that I have taken is joining the “Black Lives Matter” movement. It may not seem like much,…

In his book, African Friends and Money Matters, anthropologist, David Maranz attempts to describe some of the everyday life differences between the African and Western culture. Maranz has lived and worked among several Africans since 1975. Maranz uses his own experiences of living overseas, but also acknowledges that his observations do not represent Africa as a whole. This book highlights how to utilize different cultural observations from the African culture. Maranz starts with an overview of…

Black Lives Matter: Movement or Hate Group “BlackLivesMatter is... intended to build connections between Black people and our allies to fight anti-Black racism, to spark dialogue among Black people, and to facilitate the types of connections necessary to encourage social action and engagement,” (Garza, Tometi, Cullors 2012). This quote was made directly by the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement. This movement was created in response to, or some may say, in vengeance of Trayvon Martin.…

result of cops being more reluctant to police neighborhoods out of fear of being labeled as racists," (Bandler, 2016). The effect of the activist movement known as Black Lives Matter creates more discrimination than it does to prevent as it provides false accusations which surfaces the new idea that if any life is to matter, it should be all of them. It is crazy to think that this society has come to so much hatred. After one whole year the most well-known places in this country have become 17…

be said about it. Although, some kids did approach the boy negatively by threatening to beat him up or curse at him, but the rest of us decided to get enough of the students to dress in all black on that following Friday to support the Blacks Live Matter Movement. That day while the national anthem was playing, we all sat down in silence and then we even joined together in a prayer circle along with our principal and administration. What he accomplished made such an influence that our school…