Black Lives Matter Movement Analysis

The Black Lives Matter Movement is an “ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression” (“Herstory”). This organization supports all Black folks everywhere, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual community, as well as disabled and Black-undocumented folks in the Black culture (“About”). Black Lives Matter was created due to the Trayvon Martin murder involving a policeman named George Zimmerman who shot and killed Martin in 2012 (“About”). This movement is to help the Black community NOT be condemned by the general public’s implicit bias or …show more content…
Black Lives Matter wants equality and this becomes an issue due to the outbreak of violence that Black folks have to endure on a daily basis, whether it be out shopping, on the job, or at school. For example, this year, a young Black girl from South Carolina, while in school, was picked up and thrown out of her chair by a white police officer (who was fired after the incident) (Izadi). There is a video online of this brutality and several students witnessed this, since they were in a classroom (Izadi). The policeman showed clear cruelty and unfairness to the young girl and the policeman was handled accordingly. One has to wonder, if the student had been a white or Hispanic would the policeman have been so brutal. White police officers are more brutal to African-American people because they have an unintentional, but very real, bias against them that seems to have been imprinted in their brain since …show more content…
Growing up watching these movies, many folks impress a bias toward them, because they feel that the movies should be real. I believe, however, that these movies and shows are unintentional efforts on applying Hollywood’s choices on the youth of today. Although, the movie makers probably do this without knowing, it does end up in what I like to call a “new generation of bias.” For example, the directors and casters of the movie has a personal “preference” for African-American villains, so the movie is made with an African American villain. Our youth and children of America watch these movies and develop an implicit bias toward the Black culture simply because the movies of today mostly show an African-American villain/enemy. Hollywood villainizes African-American folks unintentionally, yes, but it does happen and it is something very realistic. People of today develop an impression of how they think blacks are and they treat them as such. With this, claiming that “all lives matter” seems to be unnecessay because that’s obvious, however, you must also come to terms with the fact that the blacks of our community are being treated unjustly and without equality. It may

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