#blklivesmatter

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Photography: Black Trans Lives Matter, Brooklyn Museum 12/9/23

Photography: Black Trans Lives Matter, Brooklyn Museum 12/9/23 @Blklivesmatter @brooklynmuseum

Caption: All Black lives matter. If you’re Black and trans, your life matters — and I fucking love you. If you’re LBQT+ and Black, your life matters. And I fucking love you. If you’re Black and hetero, I fucking love you, too. It’s that simple. Last Saturday, I was at Brooklyn Museum to catch their latest exhibit: Spike Lee: Creative Sources. More on that later. But what I will say is this: If…

[tadius100gram-blog]

If you go looking for a friend, you're going to find they're very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you'll find them everywhere #God #smile #happy #be #godisgood #gym #gymlifestyle #gymmotivation #BLM #blacklivesmatter @blklivesmatter #keepgoing #keepsmiling #Uganda #the #pearl #of #africa @worldCup2022 @qatar2022 #my_larryat3_Jan #myfamily @kajal_mahara7856 @my #friend @tadius100gram https://www.instagram.com/p/CmOhyG9rXpr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[quoidenouveau]

Séance #13 - Le militantisme en ligne : ça marche?

Chers lecteurs,

Ce n’est pas un secret : les réseaux sociaux prennent de plus en plus de place dans nos vies. Cette place grandissante amène donc les mouvements sociaux à se décliner en ligne. Il n’est plus rare de voir des mouvements tels que celui des Gilets jaunes, de Youth For Climate ou du mot-clic #MeToo se déployer sur les réseaux. Toutefois, est-ce que les réseaux sociaux sont des outils efficaces pour le militantisme?

À cette question, je réponds OUI!

Nous n’avons pas à aller chercher trop loin pour trouver des réponses. Le mouvement #MeToo en est une preuve excellente. Ce mouvement, ayant majoritairement fait surface en 2017, a permis à plusieurs femmes de prendre la parole pour dénoncer le viol et les agressions sexuelles. Sans n’être qu’une vague de dénonciation, ce  mouvement militant numérique a également contribué concrètement aux revendications des droits des femmes. En effet, du mouvement #MeToo s’est découlé l’élaboration d’un tribunal spécialisé en victimes de violence sexuelle et de violence conjugale. Un réel changement sociétal s’est produit à la suite du mouvement déployé en ligne. 

En soi, les réseaux sociaux sont à mon avis de belles plateformes d’éducation et de sensibilisation pour différents enjeux sociétaux. Il est assez commun de voir passer des stories Instagram dénonçant des enjeux tels que l’inaction climatique ou bien les conflits de guerre. Il est, selon moi, très pertinent de s’abonner à des pages dédiées au militantisme de toute sorte. Je pense d’ailleurs à une page Instagram féministe dont je suis abonnée depuis maintenant plusieurs années. La page Feminist détient 6 M d'abonnés. Comme son nom l’indique, il s’agit d’une page où du contenu féministe intersectionnel est mis de l’avant. On y trouve de l’information éducative et des actualités sur le monde du féminisme. 

Voici une liste de pages Instagram à objectif militant. Jetez un coup d’œil! 

@Gangduclito

@Pepitesexiste

@lgbtq

@environment

@blklivesmatter

À bientôt!

Bibliographie

Blaire, C. (2023). Les réseaux sociaux, leviers des luttes sociales. La vie ouvrière. https://nvo.fr/les-reseaux-sociaux-leviers-des-luttes-sociales/

[jimarionwill]

Black Lives Matter social media

the subject of my social media selection is the Black Lives Matter social media account (Blklivesmatter). Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people, and promote anti-racism. Its primary concerns are incidents of police brutality and racially motivated violence against black people. I chose this social media because it relates to our topic in class about the civil rights movement. a nationwide movement for equal rights for African Americans and for an end to racial segregation and exclusion arose across the United States. by how the " March on Milwaukee " contributed to the national fight for civil rights for African - Americans and to passage of the federal fair housing act in 1968. Like an example of this is in our week 4 articles with the articles titled Richard Dryer , " on the Matter of Whiteness " and Peggy McIntosh " white privilege : unpacking the invisible knapsack" , and Peggy McIntosh " white privilege checklist". Black Lives Matter is a protestested social group demanding the police and kkk afilliates to stop killing the black community just because they have a dark skin tone. Police and the whites were killing these African American's for the wrongful reasons. an example of this is in Minnesota where a man named George Floyd was wrongfully accused and a police officer kneeled on his face and he was telling the officer " I can't breathe". In addition there was a teenager named Trayvon Martin who was just eating skittles with his hood up and gets fatally shot and murrdered for no reason at all. What I mean by white privilege is that the whites are more superior than any other color. An example would be Emmitt Till and how was brutal murdered and hunted by the neck for whistling at a white lady. Black Lives Matter also relates to week 7 African Americans pdf. Like I said before Black Lives Matter is a group that wants justice for the whites wrongful actions and the civil rights movement had no say in anything. the African American wasn't always like this with the 13th amendment in 1865 with slavery being abandoned and the 14th amendment in 1868 were all slaves were granted citizenship in the great migration. In week 1 race and ethnicity with the articles titled Gregory Jay, "what is multiculturalism" with how the world was segregated. It was the black community vs the white community in this battle for equality. Blacks couldn't do things that the whites couldn't do like drink out the same butler , and eat at certain spots at restraints and justice just wasn't equal to the African community.

Dyer.pdf

white-privilege.pdf

whatismc.pdf

Week 7 African Americans.pdf

[hashtagthefucklessone]

@naacp @blklivesmatter @negrocollegefund @barackobama @obamafoundation @real_sharpton 💯 (at Coatesville, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCjdFVuEDP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[parisaimelart]

Jusqu’au 11 juin 2023, l’exposition « Fela Kuti rébellion afrobeat » à la Philharmonie de Paris nous immerge dans l’univers foisonnant du célèbre musicien nigérian. L’artiste fascine. Sous l’influence de ses racines Yorubas, du funk et des jazzmen Miles Davis, Charlie Parker et John Coltrane, il invente l’afrobeat, une musique à la rythmique entêtante, qui plonge les auditeurs dans une transe éveillée. Ses Queen danseuses aident à l’hystérie. Cette musique est à danser et … à penser. Eveillé à la politique par le black Panther party, Fela Kuti conçoit sa musique comme une arme du futur. Ses textes sont le cri du coeur des exclus nigérians. Ses albums dénoncent la corruption et la brutalité des élites politiques, militaires ou économiques nigérianes. Sur scène, les deux points levés, symbole du black power, il fustige les mentalités néo coloniales qui appauvrissent son pays. Il rêve de l’unité africaine et se présente à l’élection présidentielle du Nigéria avec son parti, le Movement Of People. En publiant sa vision de la reconstruction économique, culturelle, sociale, politique et idéologique de son pays, il franchit le Rubicon. La junte en place brûle sa maison, baptisée République de Kalakuta, et l’emprisonne. Ses séjours en prison sont nombreux. Il y est torturé. Il meurt à 58 ans du sida. Il laisse au Nigéria une empreinte indélébile entretenue par son fils. FELA For Ever Lives Africa Vous appréciez mes idées de sorties culturelles ? Choisissez votre prochaine exposition en vous abonnant à mon compte Instagram paris_aimelart @philharmoniedeparis @felakutiofficial @femiakuti @blklivesmatter @paris_aimelart @paris @timeoutparis @quefaireaparis @paris.explore @paris_art_com @artaparis @paris_culture @expositionparis.info @paris_love_street @parismusees #philharmoniedeparis #felakuti #afrobeat #afrobeatmusic #felakutirebellionafrobeat #nigeria #jazzmusic #blackpantherparty #parisaimelart #paris_aimelart #parisexpos #parisexposition #exposparis #paris #exposition #parismusees #parisculturel #quefaireaparis #artparis #parisart #parisjetaime #parislife #parissecret #parisianlife (à Philarmonie De Paris) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2KPIvoF62/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[bblitz01]

Multimedia Blog - Entry #3

For my third multimedia journal entry, I examined the most prominent Twitter account for the Black Lives Matter movement.

https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter?s=20&t=-8dYMpnasRRzhxW7OzIt6w

The Black Lives Matter movement has existed since 2013 (according to this Twitter account’s associated website) when it was created in response to the acquittal of the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter is a widespread and decentralized movement that has quite an expansive set of goals. This Twitter account/website (blacklivesmatter.com) states that the mission of the BLM movement is to “eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.” Indeed, the BLM movement has become well-known in the United States and even across the world. BLM took a leading role in particularly prominent nationwide protests in 2020 in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by a police officer. BLM is perhaps best known for its fierce opposition to police brutality and discrimination by law enforcement against African Americans in the US. 

As an outlet for BLM news, the BLM Twitter account could be seen as a significant player in what amounts to a modern civil rights movement. Such movements, including the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, are intended to rally support to achieve positive results and greater equality for disadvantaged minority groups, such as African Americans. In this way, the efforts of the Black Lives Matter movement draw on the success stories of past civil rights movements centered around identity. As Gregory Jay explained in What Is Multiculturalism?, “(20th century) movements for group solidarity did in many cases provide individuals resources to defend interests and values” (Jay, 5). One major difference, however, is that the BLM movement is more decentralized than many past movements and relies on 21st-century technology, such as social media (like this Twitter account), to organize its efforts rather than specific leaders or larger non-governmental organizations. 

While BLM is perhaps most famous for its opposition to discriminatory practices by law enforcement, this is far from its only purpose. The BLM Twitter account reflects the BLM movement’s wide scope by repeatedly sharing and amplifying important issues to many people of color in the United States. BLM casts a wide net of objectives, trying to foster cultural development and conversations about racial issues. BLM retweets and engages with material such as a 1619 project documentary by Hulu. This is reminiscent of 1493: Lies my Teacher Told Me reading and work we did in class (Loewen, 62). The 1619 project is an attempt to challenge the glorification of aspects of American history that often disadvantaged minorities. They are also attempting to reframe history to confront the role of African chattel slavery in the US. 

This BLM Twitter account also has an eye for art and culture. The account promotes artists of color, such as the organization and associated Twitter account aptly named Artists of Colour. They tweet out encouragement and share news about African American success stories, such as a young African American becoming the youngest selected trainee to a Geospace astronaut program or a celebration of black women in science. Additionally, they promote criminal justice reform.  

One interesting observation and connection to class I made when examining this profile is a consistent trend in focusing on youth issues, such as student debt relief. We have learned through the Colorlines article “Don’t Call Them “Post-Racial,” that young people, in particular, including younger than millennials, are holding increasingly nuanced and changing views about identity in comparison with past generations. They are also more likely to emphasize the intersectionality that often arises between identity and socio-economic status. Author Dom Apollon states  “young people of color are more likely to independently bring up race, resources, and access to them, while white Millennials are less likely to make connections across systems like housing and education, and less likely to prescribe political action to fix it”. BLM Twitter makes a point to emphasize the accomplishments of young Americans of color and also focus on getting African Americans the resources they need. They, for example, called out the disproportionate deaths of African Americans who rank contaminated water in Flint Michigan and frequently posted about the student debt crisis in America, particularly for people of color. 

Non In-text Citations: 

#BlackLivesMatter - #MoveMe. https://moveme.berkeley.edu/project/blacklivesmatter. 

Apollon, Dom. “Don't Call Them ‘Post-Racial." Millennials Say Race Matters to Them.” Colorlines, 7 June 2011, https://colorlines.com/article/dont-call-them-post-racial-millennials-say-race-matters-them/. 

Cullors, Patrisse. Twitter, Twitter, https://twitter.com/Blklivesmatter?s=20&t=VkOYqJ1He7SYteDjHnoxwA. 

Dorsey, Dustin. “Black Lives Matter Murals: See Downtown San Jose Transformed by Local Artists.” ABC7 San Francisco, 19 June 2020, https://abc7news.com/black-lives-matter-blm-george-floyd-breonna-taylor/6256393/. 

Miller, Jonathan. “Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?” Black Lives Matter Protests: Hope for the Future?: Big Brains Podcast | University of Chicago News, https://news.uchicago.edu/black-lives-matter-protests-hope-future. 

[berenskeelyn]

https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2020/06/02/in-solidarity-with-blacklivesmatter/

The social media @blklivesmatter, is a “call to action” as their bio says. They share and talk about the importance of this social justice movement. Black Lives Matter is a movement for African Americans and Blacks and their fight for equality. They post inspirational photos, photos of people who deserve justice, stories of mistreatment, statistics, and so much more. They have 3.9 million people standing with them on instagram but that does not include the people on other social medias or those who stand with them that don’t follow them.

Throughout this course we have discussed “March on Milwaukee” by Margaret Rozga which is about housing injustices that Black witnessed in the late 60’s. Housing injustice in one form of oppression Black people witness which makes it one thing to stand for in the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Art is one way to support Black Lives Matter. In this course we saw a lot of pictures depicting people of color and the artists push to support them and help them in some way. When we looked at artists from “30 Americans”, an artist named Mickalene Thomas took portraits of African American Women, sometimes painting their naked bodies. This was her way of showing support to this community and empowering Black women and their beauty. Unfortunately, part of the racism toward Blacks includes associating their race with their looks, “I am not made acutely aware that my shape, bearing, or body odor will be taken as a reflection on my race.” (Mcintosh 1989). This is a quote from item number eight on Peggy Mcintosh’s white privilege checklist. 

The Black Lives Matter movement has been widely received and talked about especially in recent years. Their social media was made with the intention to continue that conversation and help bring awareness to racism and injustice. They also encourage white people to acknowledge their privilege and use it for good. They want to help bring all cultures and races together to make change for the better and create an equal and safe world for themselves.

If you want to learn more, they also have a website: https://blacklivesmatter.com/

Citations:

30 Americans, on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum from June 14, 2013 through September 8, 2013. 30 Americans. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2022, from https://mam.org/exhibitions/details/30-americans/

McIntosh, P. (1989). White privilege checklist.pdf - white privilege checklist Peggy McIntosh, associate director of the Wellesley College Center for Research On: Course hero. White Privilege Checklist.pdf - White Privilege Checklist Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on | Course Hero. Retrieved December 15, 2022, from https://www.coursehero.com/file/181423756/White-Privilege-Checklistpdf/

Rozga, M. (n.d.). University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. March on Milwaukee Libraries Digital Collection. Retrieved December 11, 2022, from https://uwm.edu/marchonmilwaukee/

[tadius100gram-blog]

“Nobody wants to be associated with failing to qualify for the World Cup finals. I cannot imagine the shame of it.” “Football is not just a game. It is true love for eye-to-eye combat for the last smile #God #worldcup #visit @uganda #the #pearl #of #africa @blklivesmatter @forever #and #iam #proudtobeugandan https://www.instagram.com/p/CmG08yEL10W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[i-am-skinny-sir]

Lili Reinhart is offering up her IG account to #blklivesmatter voices! First guest is @kenidra4humanity today at 6:45 pm.

Thrilled that Lili has come out as a proud bisexual! Welcome, honey! 💞💞💞

[tiahew95]

Random photo dump since it’s been a minute ❤️

[fuckingloverboy]

in august 2020 it began…

someone targeted me, doxxing me for my homosexuality

its been 2years and the police has yet to do anything to help me. people who are complicit in the stalking and doxxing hint that its the police that are targeting me. which only makes sense bc all of my accounts have been hacked, all my devices are basically tools for them to use against me in some way or another.

my family has disowned me for profit.

no one has done anything to help me in the slightest. everywhere i go someone is watching and following me. people yell my name and harrass me with slurs and threats of violence.

im 23 and i have no driver’s license, no money or savings. Ive tried to work and even go to school but due to the hacking of my accounts and the harrassment by coworkers i cannot continue working. im taking classes online with hopes of becoming a voice coach or a choir teacher, though idk how much longer i will last in this situation.

ive had suicidal thoughts, attemps and more thoughts and more attemps. ive been hospitalized only to be embarrassed for even trying to get help bc everyone is complicit and will not listen to bring a solution but only to continue to gaslight me.

i hate to play the victim so openly which is why i dont talk about this happening to me everyday on social media but this is the truth. this is my reality and im not sure if i can continue much longer…

i hope someone sees this and thinks about how they would feel in this situation, i hope someone who sees this and can help, does help bc this has been a very debilitating experience.

[priceland]

Me @ work. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[nickistuffs]

END POLICE BRUTALITY!

BLACK LIVE MATTER!

EDUCATE, DONATE, PROSTEST, SUPPORT

The voices of the people will not be silenced!

[cyclistazine]

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