Black Lives Matters Reflection
Prompt 1
Last summer I went on a mission trip with the church and found myself in West Virginia. We stayed in McDowell County at an old school building, and this is the county we did most of our work in. McDowell County is the poorest county in West Virginia and one of the poorest in the county, with a rate of at least 35% of the population in poverty. The long lasting poverty is why we went there on our trip.
We spent the first part of the week painting in a school to cover the stains on the walls but the second half of the week was spent talking and spreading our belief’s with the people of the community. This is the first time I really was shown any discrimination for my race. About 90% of McDowell county is white households and about 9.7% of the population that is African American. When we …show more content…
It is commonly tweeted after an event that is considered racist, such as a white cop shooting a black person. The first three tweets I see about “Black lives matter” are as follows:
“Police officer allegedly urges drives to hit “Black lives matter” protestors.”
“Black lives matter’ protestors block San Francisco Bay Bridge”
“All lives matter as a rebuttal to black lives matter is like running through a cancer fundraiser screaming THERE ARE OTHER DISEASES TOO”
When I think about the hashtag I think of one very recent event. When Presidential Clown/Candidate Mr. Donald Trump declared that all Islamic people should be shut out of America, people had one of two feelings. Either you were for it, or thought it was ridiculous. I got on twitter that night and the hashtag “Islam lives matter” was trending. My feed was full of people quoting the tweet saying things such as; “We don’t want you here, so leave, ‘Your life doesn’t matter,’ Don’t let them in.” People were targeting a type of people and this really got on my nerves, so I dug a little
Last summer I went on a mission trip with the church and found myself in West Virginia. We stayed in McDowell County at an old school building, and this is the county we did most of our work in. McDowell County is the poorest county in West Virginia and one of the poorest in the county, with a rate of at least 35% of the population in poverty. The long lasting poverty is why we went there on our trip.
We spent the first part of the week painting in a school to cover the stains on the walls but the second half of the week was spent talking and spreading our belief’s with the people of the community. This is the first time I really was shown any discrimination for my race. About 90% of McDowell county is white households and about 9.7% of the population that is African American. When we …show more content…
It is commonly tweeted after an event that is considered racist, such as a white cop shooting a black person. The first three tweets I see about “Black lives matter” are as follows:
“Police officer allegedly urges drives to hit “Black lives matter” protestors.”
“Black lives matter’ protestors block San Francisco Bay Bridge”
“All lives matter as a rebuttal to black lives matter is like running through a cancer fundraiser screaming THERE ARE OTHER DISEASES TOO”
When I think about the hashtag I think of one very recent event. When Presidential Clown/Candidate Mr. Donald Trump declared that all Islamic people should be shut out of America, people had one of two feelings. Either you were for it, or thought it was ridiculous. I got on twitter that night and the hashtag “Islam lives matter” was trending. My feed was full of people quoting the tweet saying things such as; “We don’t want you here, so leave, ‘Your life doesn’t matter,’ Don’t let them in.” People were targeting a type of people and this really got on my nerves, so I dug a little