Essays on Black Lives

Black Lives Matter

I find social activism as a modern and more effective way to create awareness about an issue or initiate a protest against one. This is because social activism promotes mass movements in societies in which it is initiated, and as such, important matters that call for everyone’s attention can be addressed with urgency and the level of importance that can bring about social change. The social activism movement: ‘Black Lives Matter’, initially originated in the U.S. and later on replicated in the U.K., is one that I am particularly interested in. Spearheaded by the African-American community, the movement ...

Great Law of Peace

The one aspect that stands out is the use of the great tree to symbolize strength and peace. Its roots spread out in four directions like a compass. People who wanted to maintain peace in the Five Nations were required to trace the roots of the tree to come together and enjoy the shelter of the big tree (Wampum par. 4).

Declaration of Independence

The article outlines the principles of the U.S. Government as well as the constituents of the American identity one of the being mentioned at the beginning of the text that all men are equal and deserve happiness, liberty, ...

Learner's Full Name

Assignment Title Over the years, women from different parts of the world have been part of resistance and protest movements that seek to bring about a change from the existing social, political and economic order. They have been in the forefront when it comes to fighting against imperialism, environmental degradation, patriarchy, war, deforestation and much more. They also fight for women’s rights and equality. In spite of having been relegated to the sidelines and not recognized for their commitment, women still continue fighting and there are numerous women who go on fighting and creating awareness about a host ...

Abstract

Black Lives Matter has grown from a hashtag to an activist group. Black Lives Matter is an issue that will be explored in this document from a psychoanalytical perspective. The qualitative instrument that is used will measure several documentations of behaviors of said members of the group, as well as those who consider that their view coincides, or who has participated with the group known as Black Lives Matter. The research model begins with the history of the group itself. In other words, each documentation following the abstract has been assessed as a part of the qualitative research that ...

The concept of “whiteness” is, of course, silly on its face. “Pinkness,” or perhaps, “very light tanness” would be more accurate. Nevertheless, the term is deeply embedded into cultural discourse. “White privilege” is the phrase of the day. “White Man’s Burden” was the public face of the reasoning for British imperialism. White men (no women need apply in those bygone days) not only “could” govern their poor, benighted “colored” brethren better than they could govern themselves, it was an affirmative duty to bring superior culture and civilization to the savages. In the history of the United States the ...

What is the reason why social movements appear? The term “social movement” implies the creation of large groups of people that share common views on various social and political issues and act to defend their views and to cause a social change. The worldwide peak of social movements was seen in the 1960s, but even after its passing, the idea of social movements continued to be challenging for society. Della Porta writes, “The excitement and optimism of the roaring 1960s may be long gone, but social and political events . . . have hardly rendered the investigation of grassroots activism any less ...

Civil Rights and Government Responsibility

The most memorable event of an expansion of civil rights liberties is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that realigned race relations between the whites and African-Americans. The gains of the Act in the last fifty years cannot be underestimated, as it opened the social space on which black people could utilize to better their lives and make their impact in the growth of America (Fairclough, 2003). State Governments, especially the ones from the South that were very conservative The Act legalized affirmative action that gave black people equal rights to employment with the whites. Through this move, many ...

Question 1

In his speech to the NAACP, President Barrack Obama talked of the injustices in the criminal justice system including, racial profiling, incarcerating petty offenders for long periods of time and different sentences are given according to color. He also mentioned the stringent laws that lead to the failure of the justice system in helping convicts to reintegrate into the society (President Obama Addresses The NAACP's 106Th National Convention). Obama stated that there has been news of police racially profiling people during arrests, with people of color being targeted. He also said that the jailing of petty offenders is costly ...

Introduction

For many years, the American racial problem has seen discrimination in various aspects which lead to underdevelopment among the black community. Racial segregation has seen discrimination of the African-Americans within the society which increasingly leads to harassments and mistreatments to the people. The issue needs to considered as important to the society due it magnitude and effects on the people and their lives. Racism has resulted to the rise of activists and nationalists looking to fight for the rights of the black people. Initially, the black community was not considered as a voter population in the United States thus ...

When reflecting back on Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, I cannot help but to think that many of the ideas he presented have been in vain. It may seem as though things have changed for black people since the civil rights movement, which in some regard it most definitely has. However, there is a lot of room for improvement that is needed for a full realization of MLK’s dream. If he were here today it seems that he would be disappointed with the lack of opportunity that still is missing from the African American ...

Police and Society-Training Policy

‘Campaign zero’ is a published package of policy solutions suggested to the department of policy on the matter of protecting black lives in the United States. Generated by activists associated with black lives matter developed in August 2015. The suggested strategies are many, but we shall consider only one in this paper, “training.” The reigning police officer regime fails to teach police how to interact with the society in a way that protects and preserves the life of the people (www.joincampaignzero.org, 2015). The policy cites a critical example that police trainees spend more hours learning how to shoot than ...