How Does Violence Affect Young African American Society

Black voices around the country were being heard as they protested for their lives. It almost seemed like déjà vu for the black community. However, this time, unlike in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s, the Black Lives Matter movement had a powerful tool in their pocket: social media. The creation of the hashtag “Black Lives Matter” galvanized the movement throughout the nation, as posts from people on both sides of the spectrum spoke out on their thoughts over the current police violence against African Americans. Although the hashtag originally began on Facebook, the Black Lives Matter movement has been able to reach a wide range audience through Twitter.

The idea of violence is instilled in everyone’s head in some way or another. From the time we are born we are equipped with the idea that we must react when we are upset. When someone affects us in a negative way, there is an idea in our minds that urges us to fight back or cause harm to that person. This idea of causing harm stays with us from childhood until we take our last breath. Since 2013, there have been 242 school shootings within America. Even worse, there have been over a thousand mass shootings in the country resulting in mass casualties. Most recently, one single man murdered fifty-eight people at a concert in Las Vegas, Nevada and injured over 240 others. Although the motive may have been different between these shootings, one thing remains the same for all of them, the act of violence.

The factors of the effects of oppression in the lives of African American teenagers is the opposite of the factors in which that would produce “The American Dream”. The restrictions and exclusions of the government, history, and irrational mindsets has caused many African-American teenagers to depend on unorthodox alternatives for the use of spare time, making money, and the feeling of acceptance. Oppression of African-American teenagers has caused poor education, violence, gang activity, broken or dysfunctional homes, and health issues. Hatred is another major factor of the effects of oppression in the lives of African-American teenagers. Oppression is also the cause of civil wars, and a disunited nation. Oppression doesn’t just effect the oppressed, it effects everything around it including the oppressors.

Violence Among African American Males in the School For example, in Orange Country Florida, where black students only make up 27% of the public school’s population, black students represent over 50% of the students getting suspended (Lynch, 2016). This can be the effect of discrimination in the school system as young black males are already viewed as “trouble makers.” This alone can also create violence in black males because they recognize the unfair treatment which leads to resentment and anger. This soon manifests into even bigger problems within the self. "Exposure to aggressive experiences, in school and outside school, can profoundly affect mental health, including adjustment at school,” (Basch, 2011). Also found in this article, a recent study showed more than 42,000 11-17-year old’s that were affected by school violence were associated with having experienced internalizing behaviors such as depression, anxiety, sadness and more. Depression, anxiety, sadness are all ways for a child to cause aggression behavior because that's the only way they know to express themselves. This all stems back to the environment in which these young African American males are subjected to (Farrell et al, 2010) as well as their place in society and how they are viewed. If all they see and experience is negativity in their communities, homes and schools, it is what

Many don’t realize this, but our life is forever indebted in danger. Our life, as in, minorities. This isn’t a dream nor is it long overdue. It has been time and time again when African Americans are placed on the backburner as we watch the members of our communities and societies whom have less melanin than us take what they want believe is rightfully theirs. No one has ever took the time to seek what we deserve for all the horrible endangerment we’ve been put through for years and years to come. I believe that African Americans whom stand together in regards to the Black Lives Matter protest are fighting because we know of the injustice we have had to endure that dates back to so long ago that we just can’t stand on the sidelines

With the many conversations about the African-American communities and their issues with gang violence, government assistance, and the lack of jobs in their communities it is clear to say that the American Dream or even a moderate lifestyle was not created for all African Americans and Minorities and since we found a way to be noticed, heard, and felt like they’re rightfully a part of something America wants to now label it “war or Drugs” and “gang Violence” thus creating Gang Injunctions in those predominantly of color communities. Now I am not stating that the violence is not present, innocent lives are not being taken, nor are drugs consuming our communities, but what I am saying is that they act as if there is no other approach that could help clean up the streets, provide piece and harmony among all communities, and solve issues for the betterment of the community. Instead they are removing them from their communities, threatening them from going to their neighborhood, and as a consequence they get jail time, an institution that already houses half if not more than half of our black men. The gang injunction initiative is set up to tear apart the minority communities through driving up the prices and making them move, especially if they have a family member who is under the injunction’s rules. Its ironic how they put them in such enclosed space, while they make suburban home for the economically fit causing them to commute and now they are systematically removing them

Black Resilience against Violence Effects (BRAVE) is an intervention that aims to empower Black youth with access to culturally-sensitive, mental health treatment for depression and suicide as well as resources to become involved within the political sector of social justice issues, such as police violence on Black lives. The target populations of this intervention are Black youth in middle school and high school who have shown behaviors in relation to depression and suicide ideation and reside in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and St. Louis, Missouri, regardless of socioeconomic status and gender.

African American communities that are facing police brutality are more likely to be anti-police. Mail Survey is the research that best fits this proposal. The target population in this study consists of two African American dominated communities, one that is facing police brutality and the other one not so much. African Americans being targeted by police in highly based crime communities as opposed to non-violent ones. The community facing police brutality consists of African Americans in gangs, selling drugs, and are criminals; while the other includes African Americans that aren’t involved with police. The sampling frame that will be performed in this study consists of the following sample criteria: (1) victims of police brutality; (2) they

Introduction: Research Problem In the study presented, the researchers examined previous research performed by found Wolfgang and Ferracuti about the subculture of violence. They found that of all the research conducted on this topic this is the one most talked about but also the one that was least verified which proposed the purpose of their study. They further state that based off of Wolfgang and Ferracuti’s studies they found that violent behaviors are more common among the African American culture make this study significant. Therefore the researchers are looking to examine the beliefs in violence among the black community and test one the theory of Wolfgang and Ferracuti that violent values are high within the black subculture.

The article’s main concern discusses about sovereignty. This is considering affecting white people in general since the reason in order that they feel like if they had got the power that they were taken away from them a long time ago so now they are reacting back with violence. In the article many violence is used towards the colored people and is shown that the people with color are now scared of what can something else can happen.The white’s now feel like if they can do more when the new leader of the U.S. gave them the feeling that they have the power to do anything.

Youth Violence in African American communities is still considered to be at epidemic proportions. The traditional risk factors for youth violence (i.e. delinquent friends, poverty, drug use, carrying a weapon etc.) do not account for the disproportionate overrepresentation of African American males. This study sought to better understand the propensity

We’ve been seeing our youth and elders plastered all over the news because of gun violence in the black community. The cowardly and senseless acts of violence have destroyed us all and it’s only getting worse. Just last year Laquan McDonald (17) was shot (16 times) and killed by Chicago

Do you ever have a feeling of adrenaline running through your body? Have you ever felt threatened by an external force that is beyond your control? Or questions your understanding of why you feel the way you feel? Similar to a volcano, your energy boils up until an eruption occurs, thus releasing suppressed thoughts and buried concerns into an explosion of frustration. This feeling is anger

Some white nationalist are tired of being part of the ruling race as they are tired of all the violence and wars that we cause against one another, African-Americans and other minorities just want more protection from the government against hatred and violence from the ruling race. To write this article the writer had to do research and investigation as you don't see many direct quotes throughout the article. All Americans should be aware of how minority groups live and how they are treated. This article talks about all the violence that minority groups receive from the ruling race, where the second article talks about all the violence that war can bring to a society. This article shows all that minor group go through and how little improvement

Racial violence is never-ending here in America. It has occurred since slavery in 1619 and is still going on in present-day America. Just last month there was an incident of racial violence in Charlottesville, VA, which will be explained in detail later on. Violence motivated by race, how does our presidents react? How does having an African American president deal with violence compared to the typical President? There are differences for sure, for better or for worse? We will find out. The medium in which the last president; Obama and our current President; Trump is also rather different. One has a more sophisticated way of getting out his important news while the other turns to social media. While the medium has little effect when we are talking and comparing the messages from within. But, it could be interpreted as silly to be using Twitter, a social media that only allows 140 characters to share a message. Is our president really getting out an informed statement on very important issues in a limited amount of words? You decide, but let’s wait till we hear the facts.