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Social Inequality and Social Movements: Racism Arianna N. Zielinski Department of Sociology, Aurora University SOC 1100: Introduction to Society Professor Frydrych Sep. 27, 2023
1 Abstract Race has been a social inequality issue within the US for years. Not only does race impact the sense of inequality, it has aspects that also relate to the problems upon how race has been a social inequality. Even stated by the US Department of the Treasury, “ Racial inequality is the unequal distribution of resources, power, and economic opportunity across race in a society. While the discussion of racial inequality in the United States is often focused on economic inequality, racial inequality also manifests itself in a multitude of ways that alone and together impact the well-being of all Americans. This includes racial disparities in wealth, education, employment, housing, mobility, health, rates of incarceration, and more”. Furthermore, Racial inequality involves other disparities that create such social inequality regarding race. Moving forward, the economic disparities mentioned basically provide a sense of how racial inequality is a “thing” and how it became/becomes about. In layman terms, where one is located, the Education they obtain, social class and even health all have to do with the way society looks at race as being a social inequality. However, race itself is a racial inequality based on history and how society views such races. To analyze further, “racial inequality in the United States today is rooted in long standing behaviors, beliefs, and public and private policies that resulted in the appropriation of the physical, financial, labor, and other resources of non-white people. While a review of the origins of racial inequity is beyond the scope of this blog, it is important to note the prominent role of inequitable and harmful policies—dating back to before the country’s founding. These include attacks on Native Americans’ political status and expropriation of their
2 land, the reliance on slavery to underpin a significant portion of the colonial and then U.S. economy, and the Jim Crow laws and other formal and informal policies that enforced segregation and severely limited opportunities for non-white Americans.” (US Department of the Treasury) Social Movement: “Black Lives Matter” “ "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. BLM regularly protests police killings of black people and broader issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system. In 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media, after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin. Black Lives Matter became nationally recognized for its street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans: Michael Brown, resulting in protests and unrest in Ferguson, and Eric Garner in New York City.” (Library of Congress). To analyze, Black Lives Matter was created due to the conflicts stated previously causing society to create their own social movement by using signs all over the world, screaming Black Lives Matter within their own towns. Black Lives Matter is a positive social movement that points out the racism received by the opposite race, which created a whole new look towards African Americans and how one retrieves them as. When this social movement began for Black Lives Matter, social media was bombarded with hashtags of “Black Lives Matter” amongst all social media platforms to show society that we are all the same despite the color of our skin or where we originated
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3 from. “ In the 10 years since the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag was first used on social media, it has appeared in more than 44 million tweets, according to a recent Pew Research Center Report . On a typical (median) day, #BlackLivesMatter appears in about 3,000 tweets as users discuss topics such as racism, violence and the criminal justice system.” (pewresearch.org) Lastly, it provides the ones who received racism, sanity - due to racial inequality being a thing for years. Designed Social Movement After gaining knowledge regarding race as being a social inequality and the social moment that was created specifically towards African Americans, called “Black Lives Matter” - can create a sort of “view” that society has that “only black lives matter”. Though this movement was created for a considerable amount of motives due to the negative upbringings African Americans have encountered, one can say all lives matter. This movement that would feel better to propose is “All Lives Matter”. Even though African Americans receive racial inequality everyday, there are other races out there that encounter the same issue, yet get unnoticed. All Lives Matter would put society into a perspective that we do not need to categorize one another when it comes to our race despite history. Due to “Black Lives Matter” becoming a social movement, it almost makes it “ok” for African Americans to have negative behavior towards white people or any other race in general. Social media has proved so by the racial slurs African Americans say towards white people. Creating this movement will not only put society into perspective that we do not need to categorize one another; but it will provide sanity for those who have been struggling with
4 inequality just because of their race and other disparities that affect society's view on someone. This could be creating signs that simply say “ALL LIVES MATTER” instead of “BLACK LIVES MATTER”.
5 References Barkan. (2022b, May 11). Introduction to sociology: Understanding and changing the Social World (Barkan) . Social Sci LibreTexts. https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/ Introduction_to_Sociology %3A_Understanding_and_Changing_the_Social_World_(Barkan) Hatfield, J. (2023, July 12). 8 facts about black lives matter . Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/12/8-facts-about-black-lives- matter/ Conerly, T. R., Holmes, K., & Tamang, A. L. (2021). 11.2 theoretical perspectives on Race and ethnicity - introduction to sociology 3E . OpenStax. https://openstax.org/books/introduction-sociology-3e/pages/11-2-theoretical- perspectives-on-race-and-ethnicity#:~:text=For%20 symbolic%20 interactionists %2C%20race%20and,are%20what%20 lead%20 to%20 racism . Boundless. (2023a, May 1). Sociology (boundless) . Social Sci LibreTexts. https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Sociology/Introduction_to_Sociology/ Sociology_(Boundless)
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