A Qualitative Analysis Of The Black Lives Matter Movement

The purpose of this qualitative research is to trace the Black Lives matter through the understanding of the history of the Black Lives Matter movement, identify the misconceptions of the movement, determine what social media has to say about the movement, identify the impact the Black Lives Matter movement has on the youth culture, determine how the Black Lives Matter movement ties back to the police and understand the future the Black Lives Matter movement has after 2016 (all citations). The literature was selected in order to trace the Black Lives Matter movement from the beginning to its current position in 2016 (citations). The Black Lives Matter official website was used to serve as a rationale or the sole focus of measurement to other
Also, in the literature, there is no other research or study completed since the beginning in 2013 that allows us to replicate the Black Lives Matter movement in order to discover the true affect of change the movement has on society (citation). Some strengths the research showed is that the Black Lives Matter movement is a very controversial group that is the talk of many discussions (Simon, 2015). Next, is that the movement doesn’t discriminate against anyone and invites all to join no matter what occupation, color or how they identify as – they too can become a leader and involved in the Black Lives Matter movement (“11 Major,” 2016). The literature shows that the movement has the right mindset for political and social activists especially with their goals of using Campaign Zero as policy, not only involved in the streets with protests but getting involved in local politics in order to take over as policy makers with the right intentions to move forward, allow change, growth and to be multifaceted post-2016 (Sidner & Simon, 2015).
The Black Lives Matter movement has made its name well known and is used in many discussions (Simon, 2015; “About the,” 2016). The movement was measured and studied through scholarly books, scholarly credible articles, reliable webpages and news reports were (citation). Research found that there are 3 Co-founders of the movement and 27 chapters but no original leader or no one in charge of Black Lives Matter (citation). The 11 misconceptions does shed positive light on the movement allowing others to better understand the mission (“About the,” 2016). The social media aspect has both helped Black Lives Matter by spreading their views but media such as the news has placed a negative label on them by societies interactions (Thompson, 2016; Stephen, 2015). Despite alarming statistics of police brutality and killings against young black males, the music industry and politicians worldwide have allowed the communities who face such injustices on a daily basis a sense of hope that things will be alright and it’s not the end (Coscarelli, 2015; Citation for stats). Although, Black Lives Matter confronts police department tactics, investigations of police, police contracts, misconduct records, community representation, militarization of police and the use of body cameras literature