Positive Effects Of The Blm Movement

Black lives matter is a controversial subject that is currently being discussed in classrooms, newsrooms, and on social media. Everyone has their own opinions and views on the topic. One particularly interesting argument is the one of Simone Sebastian. Sebastian’s argument is that the BLM movement is a lot more similar to the civil rights movement than most people seem to think. Many Americans, both black and white, believe the BLM movement to be doing the opposite of peaceful protesting, but instead causing abusive riots and violence against the black community. Though it may seem like this pandemonium is causing the clashes of the black and white communities, it is actually achieving the desired effect.
When one wants to win an argument, they emphasize the good qualities of their side, while making the other side look inferior.
“In May 1963, movement organizers assembled black children, some still in pigtails, to march through the streets of Birmingham and confront Bull Connor’s violent police force” (Sebastian, 1). Bull Connor did not disappoint, for he was ready with armed cops and attacks dogs. Several teens and preteens filled jail cells that night, returning to the streets the very next day (Sebastian, 1). King knew this violence would come, and he also knew how appalling child abuse is to anyone, regardless of race. King knew only the harshest cruelties would gain attention, which they did. After relentless marches, sit-ins, and various acts of civil disobedience, society began to change. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed which ended segregation in public places and discrimination in work habitats of not only race, but national origin, sex, and religion as well (History.com).
The Civil Rights Era is a perfect example of successfully magnifying the problem to create the desired effect, but if an entire era isn’t convincing enough, take the use of the word
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