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    Americans stand with picket signs marching in the streets‚ promoting the Black Lives Matter campaign‚ I see the festering wound that has been present in this country for too long. Its shell has become hard and resilient with increased inattention and neglect‚ causing much hurt and much need for change. America is painfully peeling away these layers awaiting to see the beauty that hides beneath the distorted surface. The black community has been a fragile yet necessary subject over the past months

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     4‚2015  English­ 6th    “Why Do Black Lives Matter”  Analysis Of Quote       Step 1: According to Anthony Bradley‚”In the current crisis‚ we are left to reduce some of our  neighbors to depersonalized nouns: “suspect‚” “thug‚” “criminal‚” “felon‚” or “cop.” This type of  depersonalization is the gateway to dehumanization because it gives us permission to suspend  the requirement to treat people with dignity‚ even if they have broken the law”(1).    Step 2: In this quote‚ what happening is that Anthony believes that we as american define each 

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    Slavery in the United States began after English colonists first settled Virginia and lasted until the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1865. The American colonies were established with the idea of freedom and liberty to all but has change into racism. Now‚ racism against African Americans in America has been a huge problem in the south. Slavery in the United States began soon after English colonists first settled Virginia and lasted until the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to

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    statement supporting the “Black lives matter” he is wrong to do so by sitting for the National Anthem. By sitting for the national anthem he is disrespecting all the men and women who have fought to serve our country. But he is wrong by saying “black lives matter” and so is Hillary Clinton by saying it too. It’s not just “black lives matter” all lives matter. There comes a point where it’s just a bunch of racial opinions. However if you look at the numbers for how many black vs. whites are being killed

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    all the wonderful‚ revolutionary‚ and patriotic moments that have occurred in the lifespan of that country. But every country also has its fair share of darker deeds‚ such as unjust actions against its citizens‚ unjust actions like discrimination based on skin color. And that is exactly the kind of treatment the Black Lives Movement is fighting against. I strongly support the beliefs of the Black Lives Movement and admire the way that they are trying to make a change in American Society and erase

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    In a perfect world all lives matter‚ but recently the question has been‚ do all lives really matter. As an answer to this question the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement was created. It was established in 2012 after the murder of Trayvon Martin‚ a 17-year-old African American male from Miami Gardens‚ Florida. His death proved that blacks are still targeted because of the color of their skin. I myself‚ along with many others agree that African Americans are still at the top of the list when it comes

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    Indiana there has been protests about the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement “is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life” (Haki). The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2012. This movement is important because it is about equality. Equality is important because every life matters. The point of the Black Lives Matter movement is to show that one life does not matter more than another and that black lives just need some help and attention from

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    is part of our lives and might many of us were born in conflict. In the world‚ everyone faces conflict but may in different ways. Conflicts in our society come in many forms. It can be physical‚ verbal‚ internal‚ domestic‚ local‚ international‚ and social and it can be widespread or limitted. Although‚ conflict can raise for many reasons‚ one of the main reasons is ‘ignorance’. It can be seen through many societies and throughout history. Ignorance can create conflicts between people that lead to war

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    all of these points could be very different as well and could cover different theme or style. In “Good Country People” and “Everyday Use” these stories have contrasting some elements‚ such as their points of view and use of symbolism‚ while their similarities in the underlying theme and the setting of these stories reveal a much stronger comparing between the two. The stories “Good Country People” and “Everyday Use” have several similarities between them. One would be the theme that is embedded within

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    Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement‚ originating in the African-American community‚ that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people. BLM regularly holds protests against police killings of black people and broader issues of racial profiling‚ police brutality‚ and perceived racial inequality in the United States criminal justice

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