Black Lives Matter is one of the common movements spread around the world which promotes support related to the discriminated parts of nations with untypical skin color. According to Includability (2021), BLM fights for race equality and develops an ethical relationship with people of different backgrounds. The movement aims to build a world where Black and Brown people are not afraid of being outside their homes and have the same rights as others. BBC My World (2020) shows that the beginning of the movement was registered in the 19th century, but until the 60s’ of the 20th century, African Americans were forced to live away from White people. Black and Brown people started feeling discriminated against, and more social movements were created, but BLM became one of the massive. People continue protesting these days as severe cases are happening in the USA in the modern world. Young children are killed by their peers, and police officers shoot innocent men. All these actions give a beginning and scale up the BLM movement.
Since slavery, Black and Brown people could not have the same rights as White people, and the quality process became one of the most complicated in the BLM movement. The key progress became the allowance to mix children of different races in school classes. People of different skin colors became more connected to each other, and many stereotypes were destroyed (Clayton, 2018). This step helped Black people show their equality and explain to other people that their color does not define their personality. It also helped African Americans receive their rights to American citizenship as the government became more loyal to different races. The strategy of massive protests helped Black and Brown people to achieve their goal and develop the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868 (Young, 2018). Moreover, using social media allowed people to be aware of the BLM movement and join it to make positive changes in the world.
In conclusion, Black Lives Matter is one of the crucial movements in the modern world which decreases the negativity aimed toward people of different backgrounds and skin colors. Moreover, it is oriented toward the protection of specific rights which might be violated by police officers making Black people feel more protected and not afraid of public protests. The key strategies which are considered by individuals and the government help to decrease the negativity which was formed several centuries ago.
References
BBC My World (2020).George Floyd and Black Lives Matter – A BBC My World special [Video file].
Clayton, D. M. (2018). Black Lives Matter and the Civil Rights Movement: A comparative analysis of two social movements in the United States.Journal of Black Studies, 49(5), 448-480.
Includability (2021). Black Lives Matter launches official partnership with Includability.Includability, 1-3.
Young, E. A. (2018). Dying constitutionalism and the Fourteenth Amendment. Law Journal Library, 952-975.