...Do All Black Lives Matters? Do all Black Lives Matters? Since the being of the movement late last year that is the question running through most peoples’ minds. Whenever there is a story that is about Black Lives Matters it mainly focuses on straight this gender, males with the exception of Sandra Bland. We barely hear about black women being victims of police brutality even though the founder of the movement are women. We also never hear and get media coverage for LGBT+ victims even though they too have large murder rate. There is also a lack of support in the movement for people that aren’t perceived as “Black enough”. The lack of focus on black women, Eraser of the black LGBT+, and colorism shows the injustices within the Black Lives Matters movement. The first example of injustice within the Black Live Matters movement is the lack of focus on women. Black Lives Matters were created in 2013 by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi after George Zimmerman was acquittal. Since then the movement has grown tremendously from being mentioned on every major news network, newspapers and websites, to even come up in the presidential debates. Yet there is no mention of the founders being females at all. . Being that the movement was started by women there is hardly any coverage on female victims of police brutality, with the exception of Sandra Bland....
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...All Lives Matter “All Lives Matter” is a slogan that has come to be associated with the criticism coming from the “Black Lives Matter” movement. This slogan is used to proclaim that the “Black Lives Matter” slogan overlooks the importance of every other race besides the African American race. A person does not have to be the smartest human being on earth to understand that the phrase explains that black lives also do matter. “All Lives Matter” helps to show that no life is more important than another. The Civil Rights movement “Black Lives Matter” originated in 2013 after George Zimmerman was found not guilty on second degree murder of Trayvon Martin (Black 1). George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida, called 911...
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...of blossoms in all shades of colors with a small spark inside of them. These sparks were lives of thousands of plants and animals, and yes, humans too. The garden was called Rakuen, and the tree in center would someday be known as the Tree of Life; but for now it was named Seikatsu. Seikatsu was taken care of and guarded by an ancient spirit. This being was a Turtle Dragon possessing the ears, paws, and tail- of a jaguar, the body and head of a Chinese dragon, and the shell of a turtle. The Turtle Dragon was named Shi and he was the embodiment of death....
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...Commentary on an excerpt from The Jade Peony In the excerpt from ‘The Jade Peony,’ Wayson Choy conveys the feelings and emotions of a little boy who has just lost his mother. Feelings of shock and awareness are created by the lack of detail present. The author uses the activity around the boy to exemplify and focus on the silence in the boy’s head. Choy uses tone, imagery and the narrative first person to convey the context and feelings of the narrative voice. A sense of distance and detachment from surrounding is established in the first paragraph with the sound of ‘footsteps’ and ‘voices.’ Nevertheless loud auditory imagery such as ‘a chair fell,’ ‘the curtains whipping,’ and ‘snapping’ illustrates the sense of an echo in the boy’s head. It conveys that everything affects him more, and that his senses are more vulnerable. This, therefore establishing that he has gone through some sort of trauma. The actions in first paragraph like ‘kept calling, rush, whip, shuddered and hesitated for a second’ are extremely quick. This is contrasting to the slow movements like ‘pull and clung’ in the second paragraph therefore illustrating the way time felt slower to the boy and the way the world spun around him. The shock he feels, is therefore highlighted. The quick movements in the first paragraph could also portray the urgency of the situation. ‘Rigid arms’ and ‘mommy’s head move’ are the first time that the reader is given some clue about the mother’s death. The rigid...
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...think that they both argue is for a shake up of the system that has allowed for racism to continue under the guise of necessity, and protection for so long which has inevitably influenced the crime and poverty within the nation. Two of the points they mention that I found incredibly interesting were the “All lives matter” discussion and colorblindness, as well as the solutions provided on how this situation can be handled and resolved. Judith Butler argues in the article “What’s Wrong With ‘All Lives Matter’?” that by trying to be inclusive and using the phrase, “all lives matter” it inadvertently diminishes the purpose of “black lives matter” by refusing to address and solve the initial problem presented by this movement. She states that “Claiming that 'all lives matter' does not immediately mark or enable black lives only because they have not been fully recognized as having lives that matter.” and also brings up the topic of “race-blindness” that is further elaborated on in the other article (Butler, 6). In “Post-Racial Racism: Racial Stratification and Mass Incarceration in the Age of Obama” Ian F. Haney Lopez mention “colorblindness.” This much like the “all lives matter” topic...
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...According to Dr. Paul Farmer “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.” In an article Pitts argue that the saying “Black lives matter” resonates. Pitt argue about the wrong in the saying “All lives matter”. Pitt argument was about the phrase “All lives matter”, and the phrase “Black lives matter”. He points out that some thinks it elevating one life over the other, but it’s not. Pitt argued his points in many ways in this short article. In the article Pitts states that “All lives matter” is words of moral cowardice. Pitts argues this point in the article providing many examples. The purpose in his article is that saying, “All lives matter” Is slightly wrong. He knows that all lives matter but it’s the black lives that need attention. Pitts expecting to get everyone attention who says the “All lives matter” to understand the purpose of saying “Black lives matter”....
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...today. In Kevin Roose’s article, “The Next Time Someone Says ‘All Lives Matter,’ Show Them These 5 Paragraphs,” GeekAesthete effectively explains why the phrase “All Lives Matters” is offensive...
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...Black Lives Matter is an organization founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. The group was started in 2012 after George Zimmerman was acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin. The goal of the group is to not just focus on the police brutality aspect on black lives, but also to spread awareness of black love. “Black Lives Matter affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all black folks along the gender spectrum” (blacklivesmatter.com). Black Lives Matter believe in not only the equality of “normal” black people, but those of all sexual orientations, lifestyles, and etc. Some individuals, such as Elisabeth Hasselback claim that the group should...
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...enslaved. We are the victims of unspeakable injustices. They do not want us to prosper. This is why I stand for “Black Lives Matter”. Some might even try to push us away and contradict our ideas with “All Lives Matter”. Yes, all lives do matter, but at the moment it is black lives that are very important. What people do not realize is that Pro-black is not anti-white. People try to bring us down, make us lesser than they, but we only want to be seen as equal. We all deserve...
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...Love / Hate War “There comes a time when silence is betrayal (King Jr.) “The movement called black lives matter could be said to be a more advanced Civil Rights Movement of 1868. Black lives matter is a more advanced movement from the Civil Rights. Focusing on the racism exhibited towards blacks (or people of color). The black lives matter movement got its uproar in 2013 when young, Trayvon Martin was shot and killed, he was subjected to an unfair trial and received no justice. The controversy of the black lives matter movement does not cause any harm as if it only benefits society. The awareness of what is really going on right now in the country would not be as focused on and addressed if it wasn’t for the black lives matter movement. The...
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...on the overall meaning and understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement. Following the comic, author and creator, Kris Straub, offers his opinion on the matter, saying, “the point is, all lives do matter, but lives in mortal peril need more immediate consideration than those that aren’t. That’s not to say there aren’t different levels of jeopardy in everyone’s lives, all of which need to be addressed. There’s always someone with a worse situation, and we get to decide which one to put our energy into…. Yes: all lives matter… ‘black lives matter’ never meant ‘only black lives...
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...Well established writer and author, Leonard Pitts, in his column, “Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ Resonates”, discusses the ignorance of misinterpretation about a specific people who aren’t receiving equal quality of life. Pitts’ purpose is to enlighten the readers on the distinct difference between the phrases “All lives matter” and “Black lives matter”. He creates a serious tone to establish to the readers his opinion that “All lives matter” is irrelevant and ignorant in the topic of “Black lives matter”. Pitts begins the column with a short thesis stating his opinion about the phrase “All live matter” being morally weak. Pitts states, “This is a column about three words of moral cowardice: ‘All lives matter.’” By doing this he is letting the readers...
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...As of late, there has been a large controversy over the Black Lives Matter activist versus the All Lives Matter activist. Many people believe that these movements are similar, if not identical. That couldn’t be less true, the purpose of the Black Lives Matter movement is to embrace the color of your skin and to expose the injustices happening to members of the colored community. While their counterparts, the All Lives Matter activist, claim to support all ethnicities. A recent post by a Black Lives Matter supporter, journalist Julia Craven, through The Huffington Post depicts perfectly what that group of activist feel is the problem. Their main focus being the latest fatality of police brutality, Keith Lamar Scott. Who the Black Lives Matter activist feel as though the only reason why he was killed was because of the color of his skin. Their counterparts, the All Lives Matter activist feel as though it was because he wasn’t following orders. The Black Lives Matter Movement feels as though people of color are wrongfully attacked and killed by the police purely because of the color of their skin. Telling the stories of...
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...incidents have been occurring lately. Therefore, many protests and riots have occurred to fight back against theses injustices. One of the organizations that were created in order to bring awareness to the reoccurring issue of inequality and violence towards black people is a movement called Black Lives Matter. As injustices continue to occur, the Black Lives Matter movement becomes more popular and the issues towards black people are starting to be heard. The growth in awareness of how people with dark skin are treated...
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...prejudice. When we are faced with such adversities we fight, we preach, and we stand our ground until the very end; until justice is served. A notable example of this type of reform would be the Civil Rights Movement that took place in the 1900s. This movement worked to fix the view of the African Americans in America; these people wished for equal rights and better lives. Years later in 2017 this perilous battle counties throughout America by the descants of those brave souls from the 1900s. Reports of police brutality against African Americans have sparked protest after protest for the lives lost to this senseless violence, and they’ve managed to make their voices as loud as the...
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