can’t breathe.” One of the first things that might come to mind is the Black Lives Matter Movement.Today I am here today to talk about why Black Lives Matter.According to Racial Profiling‚”In Maryland‚ for example‚ a study revealed that seventy percent of those stopped and searched on a stretch of I–95 were African American—despite the fact that they represented only seventeen percent of drivers on the road.” I support the Black Lives Matter Movement‚ because I believe that everyone should be treated
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freedom‚ and no respect. I believe the group “Black Lives Matter” are undertaking the dispute of racial division amongst the police and the African American population. They are resolving the issue by protesting‚ seeking support on social media‚ and reaching out to presidential candidates. African Americans should be treated equally. Protesters travel to many cities in the dispute of equality. They are protesting the freedom and justice for all black lives. “In one instance‚ young men climbed atop
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“Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor tells a story about a girl who lost her leg and has to live with her mother‚ and they get fooled by a con artist. The characters in the story are all female‚ with an exception of the one male‚ who is the con artist. The lives of the women in the story would be very different if they were male. Also‚ the setting of the story would be different. Writers use specific genders in their stories to tell a certain story like O’Connor did‚ and the gender he used
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that knowledge you could write books and teach people about all those places where no one else can go. Besides that you would also be able to learn languages‚ and then meet people from all over the world. Hearing their stories would help you learn about all the vast cultures out there‚ maybe understand them better‚ this could all lead to a more peaceful community due to the fact that you can help world leaders learn about the cultures of other countries and how to negotiate with them. When you looking
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Constitution to describe the rights to which everyone is entitled. How do they differ and what greater conflict does this discrepancy represent? * ‘Our people are basically decent and caring‚ and our highest ideals are expressed in the Declaration of Independence‚ which says all of us have an equal right to “life liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness.”’ * The America that we “know is a country that had slavery and still has racism‚ had a president who was seen as a hero who loved war and 4. Describe
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have affected not only the black community‚ but other racially profiled minorities from the constant monster that all have learned to instill their trust into: The Police. Who does a person call when the murderer wears a badge? These are the questions asked by those affected by the loss of a loved one‚ or friend as a result of police brutality. As time continues to pass‚ it has become seemingly clear that one minority is greatly affected by this monstrosity: The black community. There has been constant
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The black lives matter movement is aimed to help a group of people find liberation in society that has kept them silent in the past years. This movement began with the killing of Trayvon Martin and eventually become popular with the series of unfortunate events that came after. Unfortunately many people of these minority communities have become victims of police violence but this has also only helped communities from all over the states come together as one. The purpose of the black lives matter
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cuffs were organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In case of an accident‚ anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady"(O ’Connor 118). In this short story‚ "the wild diproportion of the terms‚ the vapid composure that summons up the ultimate violence only to treat it as a rare social opportuinty‚ and the cool irony with which O ’Connor presents the sentence makes it both fearful and ludicrous"(Asals
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Black Lives Matter Movement “Hand up‚ don’t shoot”‚ “I can’t breathe”‚ “I don’t want to die in jail”‚ black lives matter. Although blacks have been being murdered for years‚ by their own kind‚ by others‚ and by the police‚ there has been a recent interest taken in saving the lives of blacks. Black lives matter is an activist movement. There is growing tension between races such as blacks and whites that divides America. In this paper‚ I propose that mass media has misrepresented the Black Lives Matter
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heard the phrase “Black Lives Matter.” Black Lives Matter is an organization founded by Alicia Garza‚ Patrisse Cullors‚ and Opal Tometi‚ but these are just the chief founders in the organization. The major reason that this organization formed is due to the shooting on February 26‚ 2012 in Sanford‚ Florida‚ of a black man named Trayvon Martin who was shot by George Zimmerman‚ a neighborhood watch member. Zimmerman went to court and was found not guilty for second degree murder. This added fuel to the
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