Black Lives Matter A Movement Toward Systematic Equality

Black Lives Matter: A Movement Toward Systematic Equality Gomonnie Olegba Fortis College, Phoenix March 20, 2016 Introduction America is plagued by racial tension, a plight that this country is not unfamiliar with. Headlines of racial fueled riots and crimes flood news feeds from every journal, news paper, and blog. America as a whole has made monumental strides in equality since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 but systematically, African Americans are still experiencing injustice by the government and racism is still alive, it’s just underground. After a bounty of the unjustified murder of unarmed African American men, the Black Lives Matter Movement was created. A Malcom X quote that resonates in the†¦show more content†¦Some people contend that Black Lives Matter protestors and activists are wild thugs who are trying to intimidate and force their agenda on white people and as Daniel Greenfield put it,† tactics include harassing white people by invading â€Å"white spaces† and intimidating people tying to eat lunch. This is a racist attack to make whites leave the table.† S ome Caucasian people, as well as others try to justify their dismissal of the Black Lives Matter movement by claiming that it is a racist, anti-civil rights movement. On one hand, if white people mobbed the streets screaming racial slurs, then it would be labeled immediately as utter racism, and swiftly punished. On the other hand, since black people are mobbing the streets, screaming racial slurs, it is considered beautiful and â€Å"praised as a civil rights movement.† Greenfield also adds, â€Å"Racism is not civil rights. No group that talks about white supremacy or white privilege is a civil rights movement. Black racism hides behind alleged victimhood and the racist term â€Å"white privilege† is classic racism.† The Black Lives Matter movement came into effect because of the historic oppression experienced by African Americans, the police brutality, along with the innocent victims that were murdered by their hands and the refusal of white America to recog nize the injustice that African Americans as a whole sustain. History of Black Oppression and the