Essay On Black Lives Matter Movement

We used to have the civil rights movement now we have the black lives matter movement that shines the light on the unjust killing of black men and women, like Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland and much more. Black lives matter movement is necessary because they shine the light on important things that should not be just brushed aside they focus on things that should make us angry at the system that is not set up to protect us. A system has proofed way too many times that being a person of color can be seen as the most dangerous thing. And while not every cop is out there looking at black people as criminals and not every white person sees black people as inferior there still are some that do . when I was a freshman I asked my world cultures teacher why do we have the KKK and she said because people still want to be apart of it. It's …show more content…
That is also why we have the black lives movement to make sure that black men and women are treated equally in the courtroom. Black Lives matter is as important as the civil rights movement because unless we speak out against the wrongful and repeated killings of black men, women, and children. If we did not have the #blacklivesmatter movement no one would say anything we would all just go through our day without even thinking twice, like Tamir-rice an 8-year-old boy who was shot by a Cleveland police officer because he had a toy gun that looked “real” the police officer didn't even try to talk to him to see if he could put down the gun he was shot on sight and if it was not for the #blacklivesmatter movement I would have never know about it I also think that if it were not for the black lives movement that his family would have got a six million dollar settlement also the #blacklivesmatter movement brought so many people's attention to this tragic