Black Lives DO Matter

    Trailer: This post sheds light to the #blacklivesmatter movement and explains why the movement has only gotten more and more publicly noticed as time goes on.

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  What's going on? 

This post goes into the facts and evidence with the problem America has been having since the start of time itself, discrimination of African Americans. 

Just Googling the words “black” and “police” in the same search bar will lead you to dozens on dozens of articles of angry folk complaining about all the racist officers killing all the “unarmed black men”. It’s safe to say, the whole world is currently looking down on the white officers in the United States, regarding the killing of the, unarmed, Michael Brown.

There are hundreds of cases in which unarmed men of color have been shot and then killed by a white officer, and only about less than a hand count of those cases have been nationally news casted. Put simply, the world just doesn't like hearing the facts

Some hard (to face) facts: 

MotherJones.com

Between 1968 and 2011, black people were between two to eight times more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement than whites. Annually, over those 40 years, a black person was on average 4.2 times as likely to get shot and killed by a cop than a white person. (MotherJones.com)

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The flipped side:

There have been some articles published that swear racism towards blacks by officers is not a current issue, like the one Heather Mac Donald wrote titled "The Police Are Not Racist". Heather, a white American, goes off her article by letting us know she has several African American sources that will agree with her, "the police are not racist".  According to her, the police target blacks more than whites because more blacks commit crimes.

My thoughts?:

I strongly believe the racism towards African Americans in particular is more than accurate and it's sad. I only hope as time goes on we grow more closer and a community and not let things like color of skin impact any decisions as important as unjustified death.

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