Million Hoodie March: Social Media Analysis

portrayed as being a criminal while others can. This led to outraged and it led to the “Million Hoodie March” where people wore hoods to act in solidarity (Rowley 2012: 521). In addition to this, Rowley also brought up the question on why had there been such work to make Trayvon look so innocent on the news. For example, when the media showed photos of him, he was depicted as extremely innocent because it was a photo of him at a younger age and the repetition of how he was holding skittles and iced tea further emphasize his innocence (Rowley 2012: 521-522). However, the network allows individuals to search up pictures of how Trayvon really looks like, such as being in a hoodie, wife-beaters and other photos that showed his true side as well. Therefore, although media chooses to
Therefore, #blm enabled the BLM Movement’s message and membership to spread. As a result, many people such as “cultural workers, artists, designers and techies” lend out their hand to help expand #blm (Garza 2014:1). And through #bml, Garza connected people across the world working to end various forms of injustice against black people. And as the movement went viral on social media, it has taken place on the streets as well as in an episode of Law & Order (Garza 2014:1). Therefore, the #bml Movement has become a way for people to stand together in solidarity with Black people and to be against the racism. In addition, BLM Movement also covers “the lives of Black queer and trans, disabled folks, Black-undocumented folks, folks with records, women and all Black lives along the gender spectrum” (Garza 2014:2). And although they don’t have a main organization, they are still getting national attention due to their movement and it’s message that is spreading like wildfire through social media. Because of the #blm hashtag, it has enable the BLM movement’s message and membership to spread through a variety of social media