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A year after Michael Brown’s fatal shooting, unarmed black men are seven times more likely than whites to die by police gunfire By Zoie, Nichole, Sienna, Sophie, Riley, and Georgia

BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT

“BY CONTINUING TO USE “ALL LIVES MATTER” TO DROWN OUT THE CRY OF “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” THE REAL PROBLEMS THE MOVEMENT IS TRYING TO ADDRESS ARE BEING IGNORED.”

WHY BLMM BEGAN The black lives matter movement began with the killing of Michael Brown who was shot and killed by Darren Wilson,

• n August 9th 2014.

Sources: The New York Times, Relevant Magazine, blacklivesmatter.com

BLACK LIVES MATTER GOAL ❖ “#BlackLivesMatter is working for a world where Black lives are no longer systematically and intentionally targeted for demise.”

BLACK LIVES MATTER

❖ “How Black Poverty and Genocide is state violence” ❖ “How 2.8 Million Black People are locked in cages in this country is state violence” ❖ “How black women bearing the burden of a relentless assault on our children and our families is state violence” ❖ “How Black queer and trans folk bear a unique burden from a hetero-patriarchal society that disposes

• f us like garbage and simultaneously fetishizes us and profits off of us, and that is state violence.”

❖ “How 500,000 Black People in the US are undocumented immigrants and relegated to the shadows ❖ “How Black girls are used as negotiating chips during times of conflict and war” ❖ “How black folks living with disabilities and different abilities bear the burden of state sponsored Darwinian experiments that attempted to squeeze us into boxes of normality defined by white supremacy, and that is state violence.”

Source: Blacklivesmatter. com/about

ALL LIVES MATTER BACKLASH

The differences between Black Lives Matter and All Lives Matter.

❖ For example, if you were to call and say I need help my house is being robbed and the police said okay stay put we will look into and be there to help; and as you began to state your address and in the middle of you speaking the responding officer said “woah woah woah don't start bringing your address into this”.. All Houses Matter.. That is like the issue with all lives matter. ❖ All Lives Matter belittled the fact of the importance of making everyone equal.

Sources: Relevant Magazine

IS DISCRIMINATION WORSE OR BETTER?

African american racism is still going

• n. One poll is ‘How Much

Discrimination is there against African Americans’, out of 88% of blacks, 46% say there is a lot, 42% say there is

• some. Then out of 57% of whites, 16%

say there is a lot and 41% say there is some.

Sources: Pew Research

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TREATMENT OF BLACKS AND WHITES

BLACK TREATMENT

❖ Police are more likely to pull over african american and latino citizens (80%) ❖ 2/3 of citizens receiving life sentences are non white ❖ African Americans make up 57% of the people in state prisons for drug offenses ❖ African American males born in 2001 have a 32% chance of going to jail in their lifetime ❖ In 2009 African Americans were 21% more likely than whites to receive mandatory minimum sentences

WHITE TREATMENT

❖ Less likely to be pulled over by police (8%) ❖ White males born in 2001 have a 6% chance of going to jail in their lifetime

Sources: dosomething.org

RACIAL SHOOTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES

“USA Today reported that on average there were 96 cases of a white police officer killing a black person each year between 2006 and 2012, based on justifiable homicides reported to the FBI by local police.”

Sources: motherjones.com, USA Today

AFRICAN AMERICANS LIVING IN POVERTY

Black poverty is very high and is very Concentrated, they still lack decent housing. Studies show young youths that live in poverty are more likely to drop out of school. Or end up in a life of crime.

Sources: epi.org

WHAT DID PEOPLE THINK IN 2008?

The majority of all people in all races- including National Adults-in 2008 agree that Racism against blacks is not widespread in the United States.

Sources: Gallup Polls

VIDEO

http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003254782/nation-reacts-to-ferguson- decision.html