The opinion article “Black Lives Matter: A Movement Built on Lies” by John Perazzo represents the Black Lives Matter movement (which is referred to as BLM within this essay) and the people associated with it in an intensely negative light. Through the use of several rhetorical devices, Perazzo dramatically conveys his deep resentment for the group. By doing this, he aims to persuade the audience against Black Lives Matter and to share his antagonistic views. After all, the portrayal of the movement is a significant factor in the effectiveness of the text as a whole. Perazzo employs a variety of argumentative strategies to lead to the overall exceptionally slanderous and negative portrayal of Black Lives Matter as a group, which in turn damages his argument’s larger message about the movement’s goals.
As Ong did with his articles, society can become united against injustice if it is brought to light. Police brutality that had gone on quietly for many years has finally reached the news with an explosion of media posts with powerful phrases like “Black Lives Matter” being crowned in the process. Words turned to actions where all across the world people were chanting Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown and many others. This international outrage at injustice was due significantly to the media coverage that was finally given to the issue. As well as, the people began taking coverage into their own hands through social media.
Notable personalities such as Martin Luther King Jr led protests aimed to address end discrimination and racism against Black communities. Likewise, BLM as an activist’s movement intends to condemn the continuous police brutality and killing of innocent African Americans. The acquittal of a White cop that shot and killed Trayvon Martin inspired the hashtag
Black Lives Matter Movement is a social and political movement deriving among African-Americans, asserting human rights and racial equality for black people. The Black Lives Matter movement aligns with the goals and tactics of Malcolm X as demonstrated by protests to eradicate police brutality and killings against black people and to gain equal trials in the criminal justice system despite their race. This is clear when considering the evidence that “Malcolm X The Ballot or the Bullet”, provides in the article, “Let’s join in—if this is what the Negro wants, let’s join him. Let’s show him how to struggle. Let’s show him how to fight.
Source Evaluation Black Lives Matter is an important movement and organization today especially for African American people. There is lots to learn about in this movement such as why it got started, what caused it, who was all involved in the violence, and who started it. It’s important to find the right sources and material for this evaluation. For this particular source evaluation, Xhercis Méndez book titled Which Black Lives Matter? Gender, State-Sanctioned Violence, and “My Brother’s Keeper” will separated in direction to determine the author credentials, the usefulness of the information provided and the content of the book.
Statement of Purpose In light of recent events and social media uproar, the goal of this argumentative paper is to provide a brief but comprehensive understanding to the concept of the black lives matter movement and slogan. The movement is an affirmation of Black people’s contributions to society, humanity, and their resilience in the face of oppression. (“About,” n.d.) As a result, this paper will critically examine the foundation of the movement and the validity of both sides of the argument and the media’s involvement and several other topics.
On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by former officer George Zimmerman. Instantly media had blown up with headlines involving the tragic fatality. Protests occurred titled as “Black Lives Matter” during the trial of Florida v. Zimmerman. These protests led to distrustful actions toward American government and American Law Enforcement. This protest wasn’t just a segmented time period event, it’s lasted from 2012 to present day and occurs daily and is expanding rapidly.
In today's society, it is easy ignore the common issues within peoples. Everyday life features a never-ending cycle of working, texting, eating, and sleeping in which human beings behave robotically. This cycle of being numb to humanity is almost never disturbed until an issue arises. Within the last few years the news has been flooded with stories of police brutality and murder. The hashtag, #BLACKLIVESMATTER, points out a cry for help within the black community.
Black Lives Matter picks up where The Civil Rights Movement and the The Black Panther Party left off. There are inherent differences between them that come with a change of times but it seems as though some of the key aspects from the 1960s were lost somewhere in translation. The Black Lives Matter movement draws many parallels with the Black Panther Party but to understand each as a separate movement, it’s more effective to point out their differences. With the advent of social media, information is available instantaneously. Although this is a privilege for movements today it’s not being used to the best of its ability.
Black Lives Matter has been the most prevalent movement since 2012. “Black lives matter” has made it a mission to stand against police brutality, and racial inequality. The organization and protest group has been under scrutiny because many people have assumed the wording in the name means Black lives are the only lives that matter. President Obama, dismissed the misleading external opinions and stated the term “Black Lives Matter” does not mean everyone else lives do not matter, but rather police brutality and racial inequality is distinctively plaguing the Black community. There are a few large corporate a political figures that have caught interest in the organization and lent a helping hand.
The African American population, has for centuries been mistreated by a predominantly white populace and government. The efforts for equality have moved from the bloody Civil War, to the boycotts, marches, and sit ins of the Martin Luther King generation. Today, the fight for equality is loosely under one name, Black Lives Matter. Though, unlike its predecessors, The Black Lives Matter movement has largely failed in comparison, especially in police brutality. As the fight against police brutality continues The Black Lives Matter not only fails to bring its own people together under one flag, but seemingly becomes more and more radical, separating itself from the general public.
So now what do you think we're gonna do? Ask?” ("Tupac Amaru Shakur Speaks The Truth,” 2016). Before the death of Michael Brown and the birth of the Black Lives Matter movement, America was already buzzing about violence, racism, and police brutality towards African Americans. The tragedies of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and Jordan Davis spread across media and social networks like wildfire and triggered the conversations revolving around violence against African Americans.
According to “The Washington Post”, Last year 963 African Americans were shot and killed by police. Ever since the 1960s Africans has been fighting for equality; in the Eric Garner case and Michael Brown, it demonstrated how White police officers abuse and misuse their power towards African Americans. Since the increase of police brutality communities has had marches, rallies, and even the Black Lives Matters movements as a response to show that Polices’ abuse of power is unacceptable. The Black Lives Matter movement was created after radical discrimination it is a political movement to inform and protect Black Lives. (Wesley Lowery.
On that note; does ‘Black Lives Matter’ mean that only black lives matter; or is it the concept that Black lives mattering is a precondition for all lives mattering? This paper will discuss in the rationality of the movement. The movement was created by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman for Trayvon Martin’s death. It underlines the “racism and policing that shatters the illusion of a colour-blind , post racial United States” (Keeanga-Yamahtta, T., 2016).
A cause of corruption, discrimination and inequality, the cause of death of many innocent lives. Throughout the long history, racism has been a subject of much debate, most notably in The United states of America. There have been numerous actions that suggest that racial inequality might still be intact with America’s modern society, such as the extreme violence shown by the police that has been roaming all over social media recently. This has eventually led to the creation of the controversial “Black lives matter” group. “Black lives matter” is an organization is an international activist campaign that disapproves of violence towards the African -American community.
