Show Notes and Summary: This podcast explores the Black Lives Matters (BLM) movement and the events leading up to what it is today. Also, discussed in this episode is misunderstandings and information on police brutality toward black people and how that affected BLM. During the podcast listeners will hear about Alicia Garza and how she started BLM along with the recognition that this movement started before the shooting in Ferguson. You will hear reference to a book by Jeff Chang called We Gon Be Alright where Chang talked about the events that followed this shooting.
Next, this podcast goes into talking about how police violence is continuing to happen and the dwindling public attention. Mentioning that systematic racism affects many people and giving statistics that support this. Lastly you hear about misunderstanding involving the BLM one being ‘All Lives Matter’. In this episode, you hear resources that explains why this term is inappropriate and the different analogies that are going around on social media such as twitter.
Sources:
https://www.nfg.org/news/meet-woman-behind-blacklivesmatter-hashtag-became-civil-rights-movement
https://www.vox.com/2016/7/11/12136140/black-all-lives-matter
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/16/us/all-lives-matter-black-lives-matter.html