A MIRRORED MOVEMENT: The Civil Rights Movement
In a country that is labeled “the land of the free and the home of the brave” it might seem unrealistic to find signs of discrimination....
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#BLACKLIVESMATTER
AN ACT OF RESISTANCE
#BLACKLIVESMATER:
"Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes. It goes beyond the narrow nationalism that can be prevalent within some Black communities, which merely call on Black people to love Black, live Black and buy Black, keeping straight cis Black men in the front of the movement while our sisters, queer, and trans and disabled folk take up roles in the background or not at all. Black Lives Matter affirms the lives of Black queer and trans folks, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum. It centers those that have been marginalized within Black liberation movements. It is a tactic to (re)build the Black liberation movement."
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