Slacktivism Or Activism

Even though there are aspects of slacktivism in regards to social media, there are also cases of activism. Many believe that promoting social change through social media is activism because it brings people together from all walks of life. Regardless of power, wealth, status, demographic, and even race, most people have access to social media and can understand and first hand see the community that it can nurture. Slacktivism is using social media to make social change but over time, as many people view social cause and share its idea, it can turn into activism. It turns into activism as shown thrown the ways that people go about the issues. For example, followers of a social cause work, study, and share the issue. They provide others with
Activism challenges the status quo. While this is definitely true, the key point is that the length of time determine whether promoting social change is slacktivism or activism. In Noah Berlatsky article “Hashtag Activism Isn’t a Cop-Out,” he has an interview with DeRay Mckesson, a human rights activist, and the benefits of social media and how promoting social change through social media is activism. Mckesson had made claims that “People become the voice of the struggle” and that “Twitter has enabled us to create community.” These are excellent points, however, we can see how the past worked and what the future beholds. In Malcolm Gladwell’s article “Why the revolution will not be tweeted,” he gives us detail into a civil rights movement that took place in Greensboro, New Carolina. In 1960, two African Americans went to eat lunch at a local restaurant and sat at the bar. They were refused service and were forced in a separate section designated for black people. As the days went on, they refused to leave the white counter and the restaurant. Over time, more African Americans came to protest the restaurant and after a decade, a movement began with more than 70,000