The Fight For Racial Equality

the fight for racial equality, the black lives matter movement

started as a hashtag in 2013.

However, black people have been dealing with racism and inequality

for over hundreds of years.

They've had a fight harder than other races to be

treated equally and still do.

To this day, they do not receive the basic human

rights and respect that they deserve.

Protests have broken out all around the world following George

Floyd's murder on May 25th 2020.

Despite Floyd's murder igniting protests against police brutality, protesters air

standing up for basic human rights for black lives In

general, in addition to these protests, there are rioters and

looters damaging cities in opposing groups.

The support blue lives matter are all lives matter, counter

movement again, devaluing and black eyes.

Additionally, I performed an interview with a protester over FaceTime

and conducted a questionnaire with another.

The hashtag of black lives Matter was established in 2013,

almost a year and a half later as a result

of the shooting and murder of 17 year old African

American Trayvon Martin Patrice Kahn coolers Alicia Garza and are

the founders of the Black Lives Matter movement and their

about section it states.

Black lives matter.

Global Network Foundation is a global organization in the U.

S. U K and Canada.

His mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local

power to intervene and violence and put it on black

communities by the state and vigilantes, combating encountering acts of

violence, creating space for black imagination and innovation and centering

black joy.

We're winning immediate improvements in our lives.

Their goal is to first raise awareness on racial injustice,

police brutality, criminal justice reform, black immigration, economic injustice, L

G B T Q and human rights.

Environmental injustice, access to health care, access to quality education

and voting rights and suppression.

Not only are they demanding for the rights of black

people to be met, but they also advertised for other

minority groups.

Rivals with the black lives matter movement can be seen

at protests defending blue lives.

Matter are all lives, matter movements, all lives matter.

Slowing comes from those disapproving of the black lives matter

movement. The black lives matter movement was not built to

announce the only black lives matter.

Instead, it was designed to demonstrate how black lives were

not and are still not truly equal to the lives

of others.

All lives matter ignores the cries and protest of blacks.

There's no compassion from them for the innocents.

Lives lost Throughout the protests, police have been circulating as

either sympathetic or is growing harsh.

Depending on the reporter.

Police have been absorbed either chancing or marching along with

protesters, with some even kneeling along with them.

Many officers agree that Derek shoving former officer who murdered

George Floyd, it's a face prosecution.

In spite of the fact that survey no avoid snack

for over 17 minutes.

The former officer was not arrested right away.

This is a form of police brutality that the black

lives matter is opposed.

Thio. Well, there are officers.

I stand with the black lives matter.

There are others who express much less sympathy in the

middle of the protests, officers or witness pulling off the

mask of protesters to pepper spray them.

They're even incidents where Children have been pepper sprayed while

protesting. Some peaceful protesters were unlucky, and I've been shot

by rubber bullets, ending in terrible lacerations that requested medical

care. One incident, recorded by an anonymous protester revealed Officer

Stephen Coherence has been placed on administrative relief, forcefully pushing

a black female protester, Jada servants down when she was

already kneeling with her arms in the air, stating, Hands

up, don't shoot!

Following him was a black female officer.

Crystal Smith was revealed, marching after pro parents, pointing a

finger and looking very angry.

However, what she stated to him was not picked up

by the video for parents who has been with Fort

Lauderdale Police Department for close to four years, has a

history of violent arrest, particularly against black people, his attorney,

My Do Co.

Said out video of the clash with servants might not

tell this whole story.

Well, perhaps does not have a court date scheduled has

been charged with battery over the incident that took place

and servants is family are satisfied that justice has been

taken into place despite the fact that I could not

personally attend any other protest.

I was able to reach out to two friends who

live in in Orlando, Florida, and both were able to

protest, to protest and to different different situations in downtown

Orlando in your town near City Hall.

Because of our conflicting schedules, I was not able to

face time one protester and conducted and conducted face to

face approach.

Instead, I sent her a questionnaire, which she answered via

email. I conducted an interview via FaceTime with the other

protestor, and it was which was much more difficult than

I imagine it would be.

I had a set of 10 questions that were presented

to both protesters.

Each were asked the same questions as the other, and

they were both advice that they did not have to

answer any questions that made them uncomfortable to talk about.

Before beginning Sneak A.

Antoine, a 24 year old African American female, attended to

protests. They were both located in downtown Orlando.

New Your City Hall and Grace Jack in.

The 24 year old white female also attended to protest

in downtown Orlando.

Sneak and Grace joined each other in one of the

protest together.

First question.

How did you feel before?

During and after protesting, Sinica stated.

When I first watched short Floyd's video I solved throughout

the entire video, I was super emotional through this whole

experience. I was very nervous to go to a protest

because I knew I would be solving the entire time,

but I still went, and I'm glad I did it

because it was an amazing experience.

And there were times where I literally felt like I

was having an out of body experience because I just

could not and still cannot believe that in 2020 we're

still begging for things to change, and afterwards it just

made me feel way more empowered.

I really wanted to do more whatever, whether it was

to sign petitions, attend more protests or even donate more,

just do more in General Grace Rope.

I was honestly, pretty nervous before, but honestly, mostly nervous

about Cove in more than the protest itself.

But I was very emotional during the energy of the

crowd was just so powerful.

And after I felt like I wanted to go to

another to be a part of that crowd again and

continue to stand, bring quality.

The next question was, your intent were protesting, and was

it accomplished?

Sinica. My intentions were going out there.

We're just like everyone else, who June, who joined in

for me.

It was very close to home because I am black

and I've had moments in my life that I know

would have been different.

If I was different.

I never talked about it growing up, and sometimes I

would just awkwardly laughed or just change the topic or

racist moments.

Or comments would happen around me or about me because

I never wanted to make other people feel comfortable.

Or if and other people are saying, Hey, that comment

was racist, which I know sounds crazy.

So yes, my intentions were first that George Floyd brutal

murder was wrong, a knowledge that there is strong pattern

within police brutality and show that I obviously want things

to change, but also for me personally, to make it

clear that I do not want to be scared or

nervous to call racist moments for what they are.

Let us realize these moments.

Let us gain the knowledge to prevent it from happening

again and move on Great.

I intended to be there to no longer be silent

and to show my support.

I feel like it was accomplished to certain extent.

I just wish I could help more.

What were you and the protesters doing?

Sinica? We marched in, stopped traffic to stop traffic was

not upset.

Instead, they chanted with us heather fists in the year,

and there were even people from balconies above this shouting

with their fists up a ZX.

Well, people were blasting music in their cars like no

changes by Tupac and others.

There are multiple signs throughout the protestors and people on

balconies and chance over yelled all around.

Most were like black lives matter.

No justice, no peace, say his name George Floyd, and

I can't breathe.

When we made it back to City Hall at the

end of the pro at the end, protesters got into

the face of the police about 3 ft away, killing

chance while leaning forward to yell at the police.

I, however, did not get that close.

NPR. We get harm, Grace.

We marched, we chanted.

Then we would stand by city hall or other locations

and the sense of people talk.

What did the police doing?

What were they wearing?

The police were lined up everywhere, and the blocks are

enrolled so they could control what state which streets we

would march on.

Grace. The police were standing in lines blocking the roads.

They had zero emotion.

They were all wearing rioting year like face shields and

gas masks.

They automatically put them on.

Although we were all peaceful, they both stated they had

no interaction with the police.

However, Sneakers said that there were multiple people on almost

every block with their own homemade stands, handing out water

bottles, snacks and sanitizers to us.

I did witness the daughter that asked her dad, why

are we here?

And he told her, We need to fight.

We need to be here to fight for our lives.

The girl looked younger than 10 years old and it

broke me.

There were many kids out and holding posters and even

could sticking out their windows with the fist in the

year. Does your family know you attended the protest?

If yes, how did they feel?

Did any of your family members attend the protest?

Speak up.

I did not tell my family I was going because

I knew they would be worried for my safety.

I don't mind telling them now, since it's already been

done. My parents have not gone to any protest, but

they have donated money to George Flags family and to

the national bear relief for Protester Grace.

Some family knows, but my grand parents don't.

I think it would worry them so more because of

the pandemic still going on.

My sister joined me in the first protest.

I went to have you personally witness racism.

And have you ever been a victim of racism?

Sneaker. Growing up little boys in elementary school would call

me Ugly because I was black.

I've always been scared to thought job applications just because

of my first name.

I felt like they would deny me right off the

bat. When it says to choose a race, I want

to choose.

Prefer not to answer Just because I feel like it

would give me a higher chance of getting a job

if they did not know I am Black Grace.

I have never been a victim of racism, but I

have witnessed it.

How do you feel about everything going on?

Sneak of.

I feel like our higher ups and are protecting us.

They're not doing their jobs.

Why is this still think?

Why is this still a debate?

We're literally just asking you to not kill us.

Please, Grace.

I feel heartbroken and angry, and at times I feel

hopeless. I wish people we're not so close minded and

ignorant and hateful.

Silva interpreted colorblind racism and the persistence of racial inequality

in America.

Haniya Silva analyzed how whites view racism as incidents occurred

during segregation or isolation, while people of color belief racism

is an institutional issue.

Across the social, economic and political matters that are overshadowed

by colorblindness is what structures racism and Bania Silva's point

of view.

There are four central frames that putting a silver uses

to define colorblind racism, abstract liberalism, naturalization, cultural racism and

minimization of racism under the view of abstract liberalism, white

support equal opportunity and regard people of color as individuals

with choices.

Yet this idealized view fails to recognize the institutional discrimination

and practices that love people of color, largely underrepresented in

terms of political and social power of society.

Next, the naturalization film rationalizes racial issues as naturally occurring

phenomenon in this frame whites, few school and the neighborhood

segregation as normal.

Or that's the way it is assuming and almost biological

explanation for segregation.

Cultural racism relies on negative stereotypes about different cultures to

explain racial and in quantities.

British cultural racism blames the victim, asserting that racial inequalities

are largely the results of the lack of effort or

inappropriate values on the part of the minorities themselves.

Finally, the minimization of racism can be characterized as the

invalidation, the existence of discrimination in society and discrediting the

impact of race of the lives of minorities.

In this frame, whites belief that racism and discrimination are

simply a thing of the past.

Therefore, when people of color alleged racism, what they're quick

to accuse, minorities of being hypersensitive are playing the race

card, most notably Silva, using examples of how whites used

these color blind flooring, frames and isolation or below together

as means for ignoring the reality of race in America.

With all that being said, I believe the hardest part

of this paper where the interviews were conducted again, I

did not get to join in another protest, but hearing

the responses of my friends that did attend made me

feel like I was there.

I do not know how many years we will be

fighting for equality, but I hope there were drastic changes

soon. All racism exists within all races.

I believe that black people go through the most traumatic

experience when it comes to racism.

Some officers and aggressors have faced the consequences of their

actions, and because of that, the black lives matter movement

will continue

The Fight For Racial Equality

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