The Virtue Movement: The Black Lives Matter Movement

Black lives matter is a national organization working towards bettering the lives of African Americans. It works toward rebuilding the black liberation movement. Black lives matter movement does not mean any other life is not as important. It's simply justifying that right now in the moment, the lives at stake are black lives.

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.

Recently, there are many assaulting events in the United States. It make police’s relationship became nervous. Some analysts said that the property of current assaulting events are mostly "ambush", it make the problem has become particularly serious. It have a connection with protest movement, which is “black lives matter”. What is a black lives matter?

When you think of Black Lives Matter what do you think? A hate movement? Violence? Well it is in fact none of those things and this article is going to help you understand why. After the murder of Treyvon Martin in the year 2012 the Black Lives Matter movement was created in response to this unjust death.

The Black Lives Matter was founded in 2013 by three African American women. It’s another social justice that has made national news for their cause. Black Lives Matter is just more than a social movement. It is an out cry for help, as a nation, as a whole. Black Lives Matter is a community.

Another crucial point that Black Lives Matter movement requires is collaboration and partnership. The movement must reach out to other organizations across the nation to support and stand for Black people. Effective protesters need to have a variety of ways for families, youth and communities to be involved. They need to create partnership with local churches, schools, agencies and organizations and draw on the strength of the community wide collaboration. Social movement is multifaceted; there are different ways to be involved and different levels of involvement.

As important as education is, I believe that it is equally important that education be utilized for the betterment of society. The goal of education is to prepare an individual for their career, but in addition to this it is an opportunity to gain a broader world perspective. It is individuals like DeRay McKesson, civil rights activist and educator, who exemplify the concept of educating the world for the common good of the people. If given the chance to meet with him, I would be interested to understand his perspective behind the Black Lives Matter movement, and his greater mission as an educator. As an individual from a small, suburban town, I have seen how tradition and close-mindedness has contributed to intolerance of social change.

The Black Suffragist: Trailblazers of Social Justice explores the contribution of African-American women within the suffrage movement. Rooted in the anti-slavery movement, women's suffrage began officially in 1848 at the New York Seneca Falls Convention. Leading the charge for public awareness of a woman's right to vote, was Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who were active abolitionists. African- American women were not fully embraced by many of the women's groups.

In 2013, a movement with the name of Black Lives Matter began to promote their slogan against police brutality and other injustices against the black community. The movement is supported by many other blacks and even the network B.E.T.. The main problem with this group is that they are segregating themselves from other races whenever they say "black lives matter". Black Lives Matter began three years ago, after the death of Trayvon Martin who was killed by George Zimmerman. Black Lives Matter campaigns against police brutality.

In the last 10 years, polar opposite groups have come to light, such as Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter; at the surface, these seem to be about police brutality but under the surface, racial tensions are the cause. While Black Lives Matter, or black advocates, has some extreme members which take their purpose of “black lives matter TOO” and change it into “black lives matter MORE, blue lives matter, or mostly white supremacists, is not without its faults as well. White Supremacists favors the protection of its fellow officers above the safety of citizens; even in situations where no danger is present, black lives are lost. With these two extremes, and much more, it begs the question if race relations have gotten worse or better and

During the African diaspora, Europeans exemplified their superiority over Africans on two distinct levels – individual and institutional. While individual oppression inflicts superiority over one individual, in the case of a slave and their owner, institutional embodies a race and their culture. Due to its capacity, “Institutional impression impacts millions of people and limits their opportunities in ways that individual acts cannot” (Beckham, 2001). Institutional impression entails the elimination of humanity from a group of individuals, degrading them to human slaves. Irate by their repulsive treatment, Africans brought about resistance that challenged white supremacy and maintained the racial hierarchies.