Summary: The Occupy Wall Street Movement

Like most movements related to culture in the U.S, BLM's demands keep changing as it continues to grow. They so far have been divers and various. Its celebrated supporter, Oprah Winfrey, even criticized the movement for failing to issue major demands. Initially, they intended to bring more attention to cases in which black people were brutally abused. It is popularly believed that the direct demand of Black Lives Matter has been justice for people of color who had been killed by police officers and an end to police violence in black communities. Hundreds of people have pulled in this simple idea, causing a marked shift in the political and public consciousness regarding racial inequality in the country. BLM protesters have demonstrated on the streets of
Nonetheless, there is serious doubt over whether the American system is recoverable since the idea of racial caste has rooted into Americans mind. In fact, the BLM movement, together with the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011, is causing a rebirth of a sustainable and noticeable black voice in national politics. Admittedly, it will take very long to attain equality between black and white. Even when Civil Rights Movement is considered as a successful movement, inequality still remains between black and white. The annual average income of blacks is still below that of whites. Even college-educated blacks earn less than ungraduated whites. The civil rights movement did not achieve complete equality, but greater one. Other movements, rather than cultural ones, stop when they reach their goal. For example, the Vietnam War Movement ends when Nixon put the end to U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia in January 1973. As a result, the most important thing BLM activists should accomplish is answering the question: “What do we