Police brutality

white police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri, that racism beyond the Civil Rights era has once again come to prominence. With racism resurfacing, the current circumstances following the shooting of Michael Brown has initiated a movement for social justice for black people in the form of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement, founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi. BLM started with the aim of increasing recognition in regards to social inequality and police brutality…

unemployment is still higher for African Americans, and police brutality killing a higher ratio of blacks than whites. One topic that Wright may write about if he were still alive today is the education gap that is still present to this day. In the original autobiography, Wright evidently values education above most, if not, all his…

elements. Halls defines the message or “preferred meaning” as the desired interpretation by the producers (134). The preferred message, or what Kaepernick tried to convey to the public is that “he will use his platform to raise awareness… against police violence.” (Zirin) because "I (Colin Kaepernick) am not going to stand up and show pride for a country that oppresses black people and people of…

More than ever since the eighty’s rap has been a controversial subject. Whenever someone says something harsh someone wants to stop them from saying it. There have been concerns with how violent rap music has gotten, but is censorship the way to go about fixing these problems? There are many problems with trying to censor rap music. Violent rap music is usually an expression of the violent events going on everywhere. The difference between violent rap and violent actions is that rap music is…

America through Hardship Much of America’s history is filled with challenges created by a foreign enemy, such as the Central Powers during World War I, or a domestic adversary, which could be anyone from the U.S. government to a specific group of people, like racist white Southerners. When faced with difficult times, Americans respond in a variety of ways but one of the main three responses is with defaming the group or person who is causing them fear, frustration, or pain. Another usual way…

guns or any type of weapon. Violence needs to stop in general. There's always a teenage black boy getting shot or beaten to death by someone. Or a female getting raped or shot, it's just chaotic. Now a days the police aren’t any help, sometimes they are the cause of the crime. Brutality eventually seems as if it's going to take over the world. As each day passes the percentage of black on black crimes tends to increases.…

I attended one of the River Run film screenings at Salem College. The film was The Black Panthers: Vanguard of a Revolution. After the film there was a discussion amongst the attendee’s. The screening was open to the public, but there was limited seating and not everyone that showed up got to stay. There was a variety in age, and race of those who showed up. There was more African American attendee’s than any others. I was a little anxious to see the documentary. I’ve heard about the Black…

have less opportunities out in the real world. By discriminating students and staff, not only does it affect adults, but also affects kids and teens attending school. The government 's job is to aid people no matter the race or religion, but some police officers could be racist and instead of aiding the people they assault them and murder them in some cases. Discrimination is frequently used and abused but people need to take into consideration the victims who are undergoing judgement. Although…

Rap music is a constantly evolving art form that has historically given marginalized American minorities an outlet for emotions and an avenue to comfortably speak out against social injustice. Fernando Orejuela describes the aggressive style of rap that began in the late 1980s as the “Hardcore” era of rap music, which is characterized by popular artists creating aggressive and lyrically obscene music in response to racism. In order to understand the social utility of rap music, it is important…

Americans has been around for many years. Not only do African Americans contribute to making Hip Hop music but other races as well. Hip Hop voices the issues that are currently happening to the African American community, such as death, racism, and police brutality. From Beyoncé singing about Black stereotypes to Macklemore, a white male, using his lyrics to stand with African Americans and crediting them. Hip Hop/Pop music has voiced the black oppressed community because they are a form of…