Blogg Post #3

       

     

If a youth was to come up to me and asked me about the Black Lives Movement I feel that I would be prepared to have that conversation. I would describe it as a powerful social justice movement and a topic that needs to have more advocacy.  This movement is not just about saving black lives but all loss of life. It is unfortunate that we have to identify the loss of lives as predominantly African Americans however ,numbers do not lie and the evidence is there to support  that black men are being targeted by the police, justice system and media.

They have become a marginalized group that suffers from institutional racism. I would explain that a marginalized group is a group who are considered to be unimportant within society. Examples of these groups include people with disabilities and undocumented immigrants, and people with low-income. This has led to black communities stuck in poverty higher crime rates, and lack of resources.  Examples of systematic racism is when laws/practices are established and reflect inequalities based on the social group someone identifies  with. 

If I had time, I would provide the youth with materials for them to look at them selves. I would make the conversation open and let other individuals join in our conversation.  

  

           

Questions?????

I have a few questions that I want to know about the Black Lives Matters Movement.

Where does the movement view themselves in the a long term aspect?

What have they learned so far from this movement?

How can they improve or change about the work that is being done already?

How do we get more people involved?

Where does the most work need to be done? Is there a specific state that we need to focus on?