Abstract
The #BlackLivesMatter social movement has been gaining momentum after the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota on May 25, and protests have been seen around the world and in every state in the U.S. We here at the Social Breakdown have been trying to figure out how we can do our part in the movement, and this miniseries is one of the results. So, the first episode of our #BlackLivesMatter miniseries is about the BLM movement itself. Who created it? How is it organized? What is BLM calling for? And why should you not say, “But, but, don’t All Lives Matter??” Tune in here to learn more.
Transcript
You can find the transcript for his episode here. Big ups to Sam Yuan for helping transcribe this one for us!!
Keywords
#blacklivesmatter, social movements, protest, police, race, racism
Sources
- Read more about Black Lives Matters.
- The Pew Research Center recently published an article titled, “10 Things We Know About Race and Policing in the U.S.” where they found, “Black adults are about five times as likely as whites to say they’ve been unfairly stopped by police because of their race or ethnicity (44% vs. 9%), according to the same survey. Black men are especially likely to say this: 59% say they’ve been unfairly stopped, versus 31% of black women.”
- Learn more about Breonna Taylor’s killing in Louisville, KY.
- Also, do your part and email, call, and tweet at the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Louisville Mayor Greg Fisher and demand the arrest and charging of the three officers who killed Breonna.
- KPOP stans are being allies to the BLM movement by taking over anti-BLM hashtags in some fantastic ways.
- Watch this documentary about BLM titled, “Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement” on YouTube
- Penn recommends the following books:
- The End of Policing by Alex Vitale is currently free as an e-book
- And SAGE Publications (a collection of academic journals) has opened access to alllllll their articles regarding policing, police violence, race, racism, etc.
- Ellen ended the episode with a quote from an NPR Fresh Air episode where Queen Terry Gross interviewed Historian Eric Foner on the Reconstruction period, which you can listen to here:
- The insightful quote from Dr. Foner: “ I think African Americans have a very different view of what freedom is than most white people, and that’s because of different historical experiences. I think – this is a gross oversimplification, which you can find many exceptions to, but still I think a lot of truth in it – most white people in this country think freedom is something they have and that somebody often is trying to take away from them. Most black people in this country think that freedom is something they are aspiring to achieve. It’s a process. It’s something to be fully gained in the future. And that is a basic difference which affects their views on many, many aspects of our society, whether it’s the law, the criminal justice system, the economic system, et cetera.”