Violence: The Role Of Violence In The Black Community

Many white people who supported the inequality of the blacks by using violence as a way to get rid of the blacks or to show where the power lies, and the blacks at the time mostly chose peace to spread the message of racial equality. The reason the blacks chose peace is, because if they used violence the violence would come back at them with ten times the more power. The Caucasians chose the violence over peace to separate blacks from whites, because they already had so much power and they were used to using violence on African Americans since slavery. With the 14th and 15th amendment, the blacks felt confident enough over time to stand up for themselves, and start rallies and protests against the racial inequality. Many organizations and activist

Nonetheless, BLM does receive a great number of criticisms. Some people point out that it wouldn 't last. The movement is blamed for its having no coherent structure and no powerful leadership that it will eventually fail. Opponents said that Black Lives Matter actually worsened race relations in America, pointing to the polls that show Americans opinions about race relations being worse in recent years, but BLM supporters asserted just because they have pointed out racism in America doesn 't mean the group was to blame. Republican candidate for President 2016 Chris Christie has turned up his criticism of the Black Lives Matter movement and support the police. He also accused the group of calling for the deaths of police officers. BLM has

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

Over the past decade, police brutality has covered major headlines because officers have acted out in ways that have made citizens question their motives. Things such as unjustified shootings, deadly chokings, and rough treatment have all added to the constant problem of police brutality in the black community. Annoyingly, the police officers responsible for the killings and abuse are not held for long before they are discharged to their normal routines. Since many people believe that the issues of police brutality is based on race, officers should be held accountable for their misconduct. Accountability will permit officers to treat all with equality; therefore using the appropriate amount of force on everyone. Often cops are indicted in less than 1% of killings, but the indictment rate for citizens is 90% which is a major problem. If someone does wrong they should suffer the consequence no matter who they are. As a result of misconduct officers tend be mistrusted by their communities. Deaths in the black community often stems from police officers using excessive force such as assaults, beating and shootings.

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

Despite the fact that the days of slavery died down hundreds of years ago, racism still exists in many forms today. It may not be as self-evident as it was back when black individuals had to sit at the back of the bus, but in reality, to this day racism still exists in a vicious however very subtle way. Nowadays racism can occur through cultural institutions, individual racism, as well as racial ideology. These forms of discrimination cause racial inequalities which bring about a lack of opportunity and mistreatment. This paper will focus on the relationship between police brutality and African Americans. Let me be clear though police brutality affects the lives of minorities in general, but mostly this epidemic causes repercussions for

Who are we? What defines us? In America, we are defined by our class, what we do and most importantly – how we look. Since the birth of our nation, a notion of “race” has been rooted to our core personas. In fact it can enforce stereotypes of class and careers. It is evident that Black Americans are un-proportionally living in poverty and without easy access to achievement. This harsh reality is not helped by our media-driven society. In a world so heavily integrated with mass media hysteria, we scroll past posts that can have the countering effects of degradation or empowerment through our identities. While movements of Black Power can be painted through media, it also not hard to see the difference between the ways in which Black Americans are manipulated within the lens of media. They are portrayed as fitting a certain stereotype – uneducated, violent and intriguingly exotic. For example, while women in general face the enemy of “sex sells”, black women have this experience intensified. These women are portrayed as exotic sexual beings. They are objectified and degraded with the intent of women of color being seen as sexually gratifying, but nothing more. The parallels to the mindset one hundred years ago is uncanny – black women, black men and black children are seen as objects to appropriate and use for the media’s benefit. We can see this through our some of our “greatest” stars. Miley Cyrus, the Kardashians and even Justin Timberlake have taken a culture and twisted

Same of the key characteristics that lead to school shootings are: the number of kids enrolled in the school, urban or suburban location, and public funding (DE). A current study examined many key characteristics of all schools in which random (38) and targeted (96) fatal shootings occurred within the United States between 1966 and 2009. These were compared with a group (138) of schools randomly selected to represent the population of all schools in the United States. In past shootings the perpetrator or perpetrators had been or were associated with the school (DE). It was not as if a man from California came to a random school in West Virginia and shot at random. All past school shooting was preventable in that they were all premeditated crimes. People could have been more aware of the behavior of the perpetrators. The perpetrator was sometimes a person that the school was familiar

To me the fall of blacks in America is a very important issue to me. How is the black community ending? One reason is black on black violence, another reason is not teaching our youth about their ancestors and last but not least, insecurities. I'll explain how.

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.

Kip Kinkel, who murdered his parents, two classmates, and injured twenty-five others, wrote in his journal, “Killers start sad and crazy.” The expression “school shooting,” refers to firearm violence in any educational institution (Preti). School shootings have become a pandemic in America, but what is causing these people to shoot schools? The top three reasons students say school shootings occur are revenge, bullying, and they do not value life (Gaughan et al.). Psychologist Brad Bushman stated that “violent acts are rare,” and that “you cannot predict a shooting rampage just based on exposure to violent media or any other factor” ("Violent Video Games Spur Child Aggression”). In his article “What a Killer Thinks,” Dave Cullen writes “Do

In today 's society, it seems like history is repeating itself when it comes to police brutality against African Americans. I can’t breathe advertisement was created to increase the awareness of excessive force, which can cause death. After the Eric Gardner case, the “I can’t breathe” slogan was created and was even printed on t-shirts. People had mixed reactions towards the campaign and opinions were heard. Wal-Mart had to take down their ad simply because the black man said, “I can’t breathe”, which caused people to be overly sensitive about the subject. This caused controversy, stating that the ad shouldn’t been more aware of the sensitive topic.

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.

Young Africans Americans living in an unsafe neighborhood can lead to the fear and paranoia from the violence, and being control by the drugs. Violence cause problems to them, that has to change. There are ways to fix it, to make life much more safer in there, no longer needed to worry about when most of the main violence will be gone. Again this has to change to make a life matter.

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 police officer Jason Van Dyke. This year a 9 year old was lured from a playground and shot in the head because of his father's gang ties.