or been thrust, into the role of the vanguard of the multicultural left. A few rabid souls have ferreted out what they regard as the Marxist foundations of BLM. But this gives its prime movers too much credit. BLM has been shaped more ...
Through qualitative interviews with 30 Jewish adults across the political spectrum in the Philadelphia area, we analyze narratives surrounding George Floyd's murder, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and the ensuing 2020 racial justice protests. The findings reveal pronounced polarization: ...
BLM unfortunately has not been as successful at keeping the argument at the first level. The discussion is that certain citizens, especially black males, seem to be treated differently as a group when it comes to a fair and reasonable application of the laws. Their lives should matter as much...
The movement called Black Lives Matter (BLM) has started as a hashtag on social media back in 2013 following the murder of a black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 by George Zimmerman who was acquitted in the following trial. A year later the BLM reached the national level after the two mu...
国内中文版叫做《我知道笼中鸟为何歌唱》(上海三联书店),虽然整体读起来流畅,但是有些关键段落确实有译得不到位的地方。不过,这是题外话了。今天的文章主要是分享I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings的佳句,分为Black Oppression(黑人受到的压迫), Religion(宗教信仰), Vivid Language(鲜活的语言), Growing Pains(...
Why does that matter for business? Structural racism is an urgent issue for business because companies import society's racism into their own ways of working without knowing it. You can employ not a single overt racist but still have an organisation that is discriminatory. ...
Some people who argue we're worse off today than we were in the ‘60s point to the recent riots, both by supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, and by protesters at UC Berkeley, as evidence, but their perceptions don’t match the facts. In the ten years...
Two of the most prevalent protest movements in recent history were the Black Lives Matter and the #StopTheSteal movements. While there are many differences between the two, one of the most prevalent is their use of violence. Whereas the BLM movement... Read Article » Ameri...
I'm tired. And i'm sure a lot of y'all are too. But we're not done, not nearly. I fight and speak for my people and myself. Keep advocating. Keep signing petitions. Keep calling/emailing your city representatives. Keep marching. Keep protesting. It's not over.#BlackLivesMatterpic...
It does not work. It achieves nothing and helps nobody. Karen and Barbara Fields: ‘Racism is not an emotion or state of mind, such as intolerance, bigotry, hatred, or malevolence. If it were that, it would easily be overwhelmed; most people mean well, most of the time, and in any...