For many‚ Black Lives Matter is an American movement about an American problem. Not according to‚ Black Lives Matter UK‚ however‚ who insist that‚ “the struggle is global.” One of these struggles‚ apparently‚ is climate change. Last week‚ Black Lives Matter’s UK chapter chained themselves together on Britain’s London City Airport runway—shutting the airport down for several hours. On social media‚ the group explained that they were protesting against climate change‚ saying: “Climate crisis is a
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My controversial issue that I chose was the Black Lives Matter movement and its major impact on our society. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement‚ originating in the African-American community‚ that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people. The Black Lives Matter movement formed back in July of 2013 but has only increased its recognition into today’s media and society. The Black Lives Matter movement is noteworthy because the movement has intentionally
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controversial sign in the window‚ with a bold statement‚ Black Lives Matter. Cox Farms owner and business entrepreneur‚ Aaron Cox‚ home is at the foot of the entrance of the fall festival. Cox admitted that living in such an open area with an immense amount of public view can be both a positive and negative thing. In this case‚ it was a perfect opportunity to share a personal opinion. Cox first became concerned with the Black Lives Matter movement through her church‚ Unitarian Universal. As an active
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The Black Lives Matter Movement represents an effort to counter the violent racism that continues to transfuse throughout American society today. Alicia Garza‚ a special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance co- founded the Black Lives Matter Movement. This movement against police violence was sparked after many unjust killings of specific African American males. A
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Does Gender Matter?” Ben Barres‚ author of the article “Does Gender Matter?”‚ gives us a different perspective on the issue of gender discrimination. The article takes a look at gender discrimination especially in fields related to the sciences. Ben Barres gives us a unique perspective on the issue because of his background; he is a female-to-male transgender and gives us a well put together argument about the ongoing issue with prejudice in the workplace. Ben Barres uses
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know what is beneficial for themselves. When “Black Lives Matters” movements were posting on the Internet‚ people quickly make judgments about this social events because under the current social norms and social values‚ it is an extremely negative event. There are wars and political movements happen in every generation and never doubt‚ people are learning lessons from it. The unfairness treatments of African Americans in “Black Lives Matters” movement let people think about the similar political movement
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The international activist movement known as the Black Lives Matter movement targets the use of systemic racism internationally in response to the more recent use of violence against black communities‚ especially in the United States. There are members of the movement from all over the United States representing the thirteen distinct principles and values of the movement: diversity‚ globalism‚ black women‚ black villages‚ loving engagement‚ restorative justice‚ collective value‚ empathy‚ queer affirming
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addressed to business people in general such as managers‚ analysts and strategists etc.‚ and IT constituencies in particular such as vendors‚ researchers‚ engineers etc.‚ published a revolutionary article written by Nicholas Carr entitled “IT doesn’t Matter”. This article has created a huge debate within the IT industry‚ from opponents and proponents the opinions differ considerably. So in order to understand the debate better‚ we will start in a first part to reflect on the arguments Carr presented
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The poetry collection I decided to analyze is No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay. Sarah Kay is a young American female poet‚ known for her spoken word poetry. Kay is also the founder and co-director of Project VOICE‚ which uses spoken words poetry to promote empowerment‚ improve literacy‚ and encourage empathy and creative collaboration in classrooms and communities around the world. I appreciated Sarah Kay’s collection due to its modern voice and style‚ which made her poems easily relatable and
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Introduction Does China matter? When Gerald Segal‚ Director of Studies at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London‚ asked that question on Foreign Affairs in 1999‚ he argued that China‚ “a middle power”‚ only matters because of a “theatrical illusion of power” perpetuated by the West. Therefore‚ it does not matter if China does not matter. Now 15 years later‚ the answer to that question is still affirmative‚ yet the explanation has become complicated. Of course China matters. It is a country
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