The Role Of Racial Tension In Today's Society

“Black lives matter,””White lives matter,””All lives matter” are proclamations manufactured by numerous anti-racism organizations today. Failing to squander racism, the United States continues to make bounds towards racial equality. Preceding the American Revolution racism plagued the world and continues to corrupt the world today. Today activist comparable to Martin Luther King, Jr. continue to combat racism and seek an end, to all, racism. In effort to clear the obfuscated minds of the clergymen King stains Letter from a Birmingham Jail with pathos, allusion, and antithesis to explain the cruel, unjust , harsh reality of the world in the time.

For decades black Americans have been treated as animals, looked at as if they are monsters, and killed like bugs. Actions like Police brutality and racism is what caused Black Lives Matter. The creation of the Black Lives Matter was a response by the black community to give a voice to black Americans affected by the increase of wrongful deaths due to the law enforcements and vigilantes across the country. This has been going on for so long that it seems like we are stuck in the past. For years, even decades black Americans have had to live the struggle of being equal. Even when things are going good and we think we finally have the same rights, something happened to change that. It is time to shed a light on the real purpose of Black Lives Matter and why they are important to today's society.

While there has been tangible progress made in race relations, inequalities still tarnish the country. In poor black communities across the nation, the lack of opportunity stifles potential and creates a cyclical chain of poverty and violence. Areas with high black populations struggling with violence and unequal policing, have prompted a modern civil right movement called “Black Lives Matter.” Critics of the movement often cite, the supposed inherent inequality in the idea. All lives matter, they argue, why should black lives matter specifically? The movement, however, does not argue that black lives matter more than lives of other races, the movement is saying that black lives matter just as much. Furthermore, it’s an exclamation, that calls for attention to be placed on communities ravaged by violence and poverty that are disproportion black. Similar to the movements of the 1960’s, the BLM movement is causing tension across the country. Like king argued, tension is the catalyst that inspires change and conversation. The nonviolent protests of BLM, seek to “dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored;” that is the “work of a nonviolent resister” (1310). Just as the march that was depicted in Selma, the BLM has sought to seek change without violence, but instead with protests and media campaigns. BLM methods parallel King’s use of non violent protest, in a

I refute that the phrase “Black Lives Matters” is saying that ONLY black lives matter. BLM is a movement, not a phrase to devalue another race. It is not taking away from the fact that all lives matter It’s simply stating that black lives matter too or in addition to all other lives. To sum up what the movement is saying or to paraphrase it from my little understanding is that Black people no longer want to be treated unequal as human beings. We want those who commit murder to be held accountable for their actions regardless of their race or the race of the victim. Too many times

The summary of the chapter is how Republicans used resentment and racial motives to win votes and trump us all. Republicans were literally working over-time to paint a horrible picture of Hillary Clinton to ensure Donald Trump was viewed as the better choice, and the way it was done was to have people believe Democrats were weak at budget spending that took from minorities to give to the poor or low class. and with that caused several reasons for white voters to be persuaded to chose Trump even when the reasons for not choosing him were clear. but whites felt as if they were losing their power in the world as minorities by not having republicn represent them in the united states and with that. Republicans used racism, highlighted black on white crime and cultural issues that the United statess were facing at the time of election to drive out voters.

As diverse as the city of Los Angeles is, it has a history of racial tension and civil unrest. From 1910, the start of the Mexican Revolution and World War I when President Theodore Roosevelt instituted the “brown scare” (Coerver, 2001), to 1913, when the California Alien Land Act prohibited Japanese immigrants and citizens of Japanese descent from owning land in California, to 1934, when 3000 Chinese immigrants were displaced to make way for Union Station, to 1942, when 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into internment camps, Los Angeles has historically been the center of racial controversy and tension (“Year by Year,” 1999). In 1943, Los Angeles was also full of young African Americans and Mexican Americans trying to protest the racism in the American culture by expressing themselves with their own music, clothing, culture, and style (Cosgrove, 1985). By the time of the Sleepy Lagoon murder in 1942, the stage had been set for the Zoot Suit Riots that occurred in June 1943. Although the riots only lasted ten days, the ramifications ranged from cultural repression on the part of many Mexican American families, to political activism on the part of others, and the beginning of reform within the Los Angeles Police Department.

Overtime racial tension has subdued in America. However, the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center has caused Americans to be conscious of people who are or are suspected to be of South Asian descent. This has resulted in threats, brutal beatings, and sometimes murder. In an article titled Inderjit Singh Mukker, Chicago-Area Sikh, Allegedly Attacked And Called 'Terrorist,' 'Bin Laden' it says, ”...Inderjit Singh Mukker, an American citizen and father of two, was on his way to a grocery store when a driver began taunting him. He finally pulled over to the side of the road to let him pass, but the driver instead pulled up in front of his car, reached into the car and repeatedly punched Mukker in the face. Mukker lost consciousness, lost blood

Whether there are homicides, riots, or any other cases of destruction, America has faced problems that we need to solve. A problem that America faces is the Black Lives Matter movement. Does this movement include violence and havoc? Absolutely! Black people who assume that their lives matter instead of anyone else’s are entitled. Not all African Americans are entitled, and there are black people who know that this movement is wrong. Derryck Green, a member of the national advisory council for the National Center is qualified to speak on this subject. He agrees that black lives matter like everyone else, but he thinks it is pathetic how many African Americans turn a peaceful protest to a violent one. This movement is misguided by many citizens in this country. Do you think you

The history in the United States, has created several issues weather it involves, women’s rights, politics, or the wars that Americas have fought in. However, the issue that has caused the most conflict throughout the years in the United States is racial tension. Racial tension was first created in the United States, when the citizens of Europe decided that they no longer wished to do their own labor, and instead they went to Africa and stole and enslaved the individuals of that country. However, after several years of despicable events, the Africans who were enslaved were now free by law. Converting from once being a slave to now wanting to be treated as in equal in the United States was a great challenge. The white citizens of America

Should one even have to have the Black lives matter movement? It’s ridiculous that the human race has separated their kind into smaller groups and making them less than others. One could argue that all lives matter. As long as they are human lives of course. The human race in itself is so so selfish that they exclude other animals. However as one can see in Brent Staples’s essay and Clint Smith’s Ted Talk, black lives have been thought of as dangerous and bad.. Kids are being told to act like adults when they’re not. It’s difficult to not see a child be just that, a child. It’s sad that humans stereotype each other based on simple rumos or just one incident. The sad part is that the young

The term “The Negro Problem" was used throughout the 1950 's and 60 's as a slang description of the racial tension between black and white Americans. The two essays in "The Fire Next Time" talk about the problem that the African American community faced, but from different perspectives. The author is writing to his nephew and is trying to make him understand that the situation is intolerable and not likely to change. He suggests that instead of reacting from a place of anger and hate, that the nephew should fight and strive to change the situation rather than confronting it violently. That his nephew and even the community as a whole should try to almost outsmart the whites by being the opposite of what they think of them. To prove them wrong and hopefully change the way they are looked at. He suggests a change of attitudes on both sides, to spread love and understanding instead of hate and animosity.

Why does black population need to protest about “Black lives Matters”? Right to live is the last things anyone ever asks, then why this basic right to live in this world is a big issue among these black communities. The answer is simple and clear. No matter how many acts of rights are written in favor of African American, they are not simply implemented. "Selma, filmed in Alabama and Georgia, traces key events in the civil-rights struggle during the 1960s. The lynchpin of the action: the famous Selma-to-Montgomery march for voting rights led by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.” – (Colurso,

I don’t like talking about politics publically via social media, but since this is the only platform where I can express myself vividly without any interruptions or interventions by someone who is attempting to diminish or downgrade my personal opinion. People have the notion that “Black Lives Matter” means blue, white or all lives does NOT matter. That is simply not TRUE. Saying “Black Lives Matter” is trying to highlight that there is demonstrable evidence that black lives matter LESS than white lives to the criminal justice system ( and the America government as a whole). In other words, black lives does are not valued in comparison to white people. A lot of people are not familiarize with the judicial system in its entirety- how

Some folks say and support “Black Lives” and others, “All Lives”. As time go on, things take a turn ‘for the worse’. The ‘turn for the worse’ is due to the mindset of many people and the mass media. With time should come justice, peace and common ground on what is happening, but what if no one is supportive or have no knowledge of what is to come? The saying of “All Lives Matter” is deleterious and ruinous to the “Black Lives Matter” movement and support and to the black community by deteriorating their beliefs, livelihood, and mentality.

The Internet, social media, and the emergence of terrorist groups in America; what do these three have in common? The mere fact that they are some America’s daily trends of the modern era. Being a child of the millennial age, I strongly feel as if no one has experienced racial tension in America as much as my fellow millennials and I. We see it in news headlines all over, the Internet, and hear about it during our daily commutes. All asking one question; what's your opinion on this racial inequality? Since we are the land of the free, the opinion of the public is highly valued, as well as diverse. Recently, the diversity has become more than just the simple opinions of the people; it's become the issue of racial tension. A tension so deep that it has accounted for many physical altercations, uproars, and unfortunate deaths within the country. How do you put into this detrimental norm of society you ask? Here's what I think.