Why Do Black Lives Matter

The University of Mississippi has its share of racial issues, which result in bad media coverage and lessening the number of diverse students even more. The University of Mississippi has recently had an incident involving race which ended with a protest and the voluntary withdrawal of a student. The use of the peaceful protest made the University become aware of the severity of the racial comment. The use of protests are to demand that colleges be aware and to demand punishment for the racial crime committed. Peaceful Protest usage seem to result in positive outcomes such as within the situation at the University of Missouri. This situation involved “racial inequality and the lack of action from university authorities” (Rhoden). The unfair treatment of a minority and lack of punishment for the racial matter caused the students to begin protesting. Regular students began protesting but with

For the Social Justice Action Project, Britnee and I interviewed college students in the Northeast region who revealed their views on the Black Lives Matter Movement, racial injustice, and racial profiling. We had wanted to inform people of what the Black Lives Matter Movement stood for and tackle some of the myths and misconceptions of what the organization represented. In the process, the interviewees have expressed their feelings of how today’s society is blinded by irrational thinking and biased beliefs. This project have made us realize that people often blame the movement of being inconsiderate to all lives matter, relating the movement to the “armed and dangerous” Black Panthers, and the never-ending issues of police-to-black killings.

They were fearful of being judged because of the constant misconceptions of what being brown means when broadcasted in the media. Light skinned African American students collectively agreed that they participated in mocking darker-skinned students, but was not aware of the effects because they were merely 'jokes.' Their responses were shocking to the administration and staff, they talk to these students every day and were completely oblivious to this issue. BetheBeautifulU has made the relentless effort to combat internalized racism within the student body through activities that helps confront colorism within our school such as Because of our efforts, we were acknowledged by our home district, stating that attendance has increased by 53%. BetheBeautifulU was invited to other school districts to help confront and construct a solution caused by the undermining effects of colorism. Another issue that we are conquering is hyper masculinity in predominantly black and Latino communities. Hyper masculinity is deep-rooted in the culture of African and Latino- American communities, and can be a sensitive and hard to reach topic. So BetheBeautifulU encouraged these students to keep an open mind through activities that can let guards down and help explain and

In the context of the many worries that Black American mothers must relentlessly carry for their daughters’ safety, you [Emily Bernard] claim that “hope” is what drives you to release your daughters into the world and cease the rage you experience each time you hear about a young African-American being murdered. However, in response to your article “Between the World and Me: Black American Motherhood”, I would say that not only should you continue to carry “hope”, but it is also crucial that you have a desire to incite change. Given that you are a professor of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Vermont, you could also initiate serious discussion about race among your students that could then hopefully carry over to the rest

This fellow black classmate was the lightning rod for years of accumulated pent up inferiority and lack of fair disbursement of society's resources. Unfortunately, not fully understanding the basis for their anger, they vent it on a falsely perceived cause of it.

Xavier is not the only school that has experienced racial incidents of white students in blackface. At Kansas State University, Paige Shoemaker and her friend posted a snapchat in blackface and captioned it with racial slurs. When the photo surfaced the internet and was made known to the administration, Paige Shoemaker was immediately expelled (“College Student Expelled over Racist Snapchat”). Similarly, The Washington Post writes on how the University of Oklahoma temporarily suspended a student who sent racial messages that included, images of people hanging from trees, racial slurs and a ‘daily lynching’ calendar to several black freshmen from the University of Pennsylvania (Svrluga). By expelling and suspending students who were involved in racial incidents, these universities show that they do not condone any forms of racism. Xavier should follow the footsteps of Kansas State University and the University of Oklahoma by expelling any student involved in racial incidents. This will assure Xavier’s black and minority students that they are welcomed at Xavier. Expelling students will also act as a warning to other racist students. When other students see that severe punishment is implemented when it comes to racism in Xavier, other students will be less inclined to perform racist acts, hence creating a safe environment for all students. In addition, Xavier should specify a policy of expulsion in its student conduct book to inform students ahead of time that any racist acts

For most of history African-Americans have been physically and mentally abused by others, but in the past decade people enforcing the law have left us speechless. Some police officers use their positions and privileges to treat black people unfairly. We have seen hundreds of cases of African-Americans getting arrested, shot, tortured, and killed for no valid reason.

Black Lives matter does not care about black lives. They only care when a black man is killed by the police. Why does no one protest the fact that black people kill each other by the dozens on the streets of Chicago? While they protest, their children are on the streets ditching school and selling dope. When inner city kids do go to school, they are taught by uninterested and incompetent teachers. Why do they not protest the quality of their children’s schools? Why do they not protest for better healthcare and jobs? Why are they not attacking the problem at its source? If I was running black lives matter, I would try to improve the socioeconomic status of these communities. I would make sure kids were getting a quality education so they

In a beautiful sunny day in Huntington Beach in 2013, surfers gathered around for the annual US open of Surfing competition, but it ended in a rampage. In the article “U.S. Open of Surfing Turns into Riot,” the reporter, Mark Lukach, reported that the catalyst of the riot was a fight. However, with the majority being white young adults, the police force applied a soft approach protocol. Despite the fact that the police immediately responded to the riot throwing tear gas to disperse the crowd, the riot resulted with thousands of dollars of property damage and with only eight people arrested. How is it possible that only eight people get arrested out of hundreds portraying a disruptive behavior? On the other hand, after 5 days in curfew in

In modern days, there have been many reports on African-Americans who claim that they are unfairly treated at universities and that there isn’t any administrative responsiveness. Additionally, some say that the effort administrators are giving isn’t effective. Other students on these campuses say that the African-Americans are just overreacting and that the incidents aren’t that serious. In contrast, administrators claim that they are attending to the problems that these students have and that they are trying their best to find a solution to the problem. Racial hostility is when “someone or a group of people are prejudice towards people of a different

She was a student who enrolled at formerly all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. During her time at the high school, she experienced severe racism. Everyday, people called her a n*gger, she got excluded,, she even had a boy almost kill her. She spoke up to the the teachers and staff about what was happening to her, and they didn’t even talk to the students about it, they did absolutely nothing to stop the students who were being racist. They didn’t help her feel safe inside the school at all. Even though this was over 60 years ago, this still happens to African American students in schools today. Students will say racist things, and either no one speaks up, or when they do, the teachers and staff don’t care enough about it. This is especially present in colleges. In college, there are many racist incidents that happen, and rarely anything gets done about it. One example, is what happened at American University in Washington, DC. In the spring of 2017, bananas hung on rope which were styled as nooses, with words resembling gorillas, were found

“Black Lives Matter” —an intended progression in society without a hierarchy, merely marching forward by spur of the people. Started by three sisters who continue to keep the organization a chapter-based, left wing social justice operation, it can best be described as “Not a moment, but a movement” by those that follow it. The case that began this outcry involved a man —George Zimmerman— whom, according to Lizette Alvarez and Cara Buckley (2013), “was found not guilty [of] second-degree murder [and] was also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge.” (para. 1). Since its initial start in 2013, the movement follows and protests against police brutality and civil injustice towards individuals of the Black minority; however, this is a prime example of hate breeding hate as the movement, has opened a new floodgate full of antipathy aimed towards the White-community and Law Enforcement Officials. In short, the initial idea of “Black Lives Matter” —which is to bring civil justice to the Black-community— is a good concept, but the execution by its adherents are, ironically, bigoted; the movement needs to either evolve its state of thought or disperse before it further segregates America.

I found it very interesting and not surprise that we are still dealing with racism. It’s not surprising because that is someone's belief. Some people in the world don’t like change or difference. A few weeks ago a crisis happened in University of Missouri about the president of the university not doing anything about the racism on campus. There was a student who quoted, “My sophomore year, there were some students who threw cotton balls on the ground outside of the black cultural center.” I didn’t at first think the University of Missouri was a part of the new civil right movement, but I realize they have the same problem as the rest of the people involved in the movement. None of these people were seen as equal as everyone else. I am glad

Another dull Thursday starts again with a student who trudges sadly across the school hallway to the abhorrent front office. With an emotionless manner, the administrator states that the student is hereby expelled, however, no one else expected anymore because a black student is much more likely to get suspended or expelled than white students. With regret racism is still well and alive in many schools across America, but wait some people are bound to say racism does not exist and especially not in school, but what if I say that nonwhite races especially blacks are more likely to get suspended or expelled and minority students have less access to higher education and teachers. The lack of teacher can come from the lack of teachers and staff

This is apparently what employees at Facebook are trying to convey. The whiteboard at Facebook, seemingly there to promote some kind of community feel, has (not surprisingly) been a vessel to spread hate. Give people the chance to speak out while remaining anonymous and one can only expect some controversial results. In this case, the popular "black lives matter" slogan has been defaced.