Black Lives Matter Movement Analysis

“It is not enough to be compassionate. You must Act.” – His Holiness the Dalai Lama. But do we really speak truth of our words and prove them with actions, in order to obtain justice; I think not. Even though Martin Luther King Jr. protest impacted the future tremendously leading us out of segregation, verbal protest does not lead to justice because there still seems to be a hierarchy between the blacks and the whites; throughout my essay you will see arguments about – The Black Lives Matter Movement, equal rights within labor, and civil disobedience. According to the article, "The strategy of protest: problems of negro civic action" by James Q. Wilson, stated “The second party opposes the realization of that goal, but has nothing which the …show more content…
One of the worldwide verbal protests’ known is “The Black Lives Matter Movement.” (BLM) is an African-American community, which campaigns against systemic racism and violence toward black people. According to the article, "The strategy of protest: problems of negro civic action" the author Wilson, James Q, stated, “More and more Negroes are expressing a deep discontent with their lot as individuals and as a group.” James Wilson also stated, “Anti-Negro violence, police oppression, the denial of ordinary public services, and other oppressions represented specific causes.” This seems pretty hypocritical, because during protests’ such as the blacks fighting for equality of respect from the whites, blacks themselves uses violence to prove their point. Usually the problem with verbal protesting is that there’s often times when negative inducement occurs, when negative inducement does take into place, then, not many people would understand the stand that you’re taking as far as fighting for respect. According to the article, "The strategy of protest: problems of negro civic action" the author Wilson, James Q, stated, “Protest is distinguished from bargaining by the exclusive use of negative inducements (threats) that rely, for their effect, on sanctions which require mass action or response.” If your language defines violent terms, then your actions would be in violent terms. But, where will justice would …show more content…
Many African Americans protest about exploitation. But, because they took a stand for what they were against, consequences was destined. According to the article, “Responsibility and Global Labor Justice”, the author, Iris Marion Young stated, “Workers who protest their exploitation or attempt to organize unions are typically intimidated, beaten, or fired.” Unfortunately, the workers who protested against equal rights within labor, their verbal protest led them into more trouble. But then the workers started taking responsibilities for what they were truly against. For example, in the article, “Responsibility and Global Labor Justice”, the author, Iris Marion Young mentioned, “They have held rallies and press conferences, staged sit-ins and hunger strikes, all with the aim of convincing consumers, corporate executives, union members, municipal governments, students, and university administrators in the United States or Europe to acknowledge a responsibility with respect to the working conditions of distant workers in other countries, and to take actions to meet such responsibilities.” This is the type of action that is needed for all situations that is unequal. Verbal protest is too much talking, not enough actions; so if anything, a physical protest “non-violent” should be more considerable within

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