Black lives matter / Martin Gitlin, book editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gitlin, Marty, editor.

Series:

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Opposing viewpoints series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black lives matter movement.

African Americans--Civil rights.

African Americans.

Racial profiling in law enforcement--United States.

Racial profiling in law enforcement.

African Americans--Social conditions.

United States.

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century.

Racism--United States.

Racism.

Race relations.

United States--Race relations.

Physical Description:

200 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Greenhaven Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

In 2012, a seventeen-year-old African American boy named Trayvon Martin was murdered in cold blood by a neighborhood vigilante. When the murderer was acquitted, shockwaves ran through African American communities across the United States. The frustration over the perceived lack of value of African Americans in the United States spurred #BlackLivesMatter. The activist group mobilized as a rash of killings of unarmed African Americans by police seemed to plague the country. But many whites didn't understand their cause and responded with All Lives Matter. The viewpoints in this resource ask important questions regarding race in the United States.

Contents:

Do Black Lives Matter, or Do All Lives Matter?

Black Lives Matter because black people are persons / Anthony B. Bradley

White people are complicit in racism / John Metta

Black Lives Matter is confusing to voters / Hannah Spencer

Of course all lives matter

that's not the point / Mike Jordan Laskey

We must respond to white ignorance / Mary Joyce

Police are abusing the African American community / Judith Valente

Does Black Lives Matter Have the Wrong Focus?

Myths about Black Lives Matter should be debunked / Leroy Barber

Gang violence is BLM's own worst enemy / Derryck Green

Black Lives Matter should expand its focus / Garrett Felber

Psychology can improve cop-community relations / Kirsten Weir

Insight policing can build bridges / Megan Price and Bruce A. Blitman

Black Lives Matter: Peaceful Protesters or Fermenters of Violence?

Black Lives Matter is supported by Communism / James Simpson

Black Lives Matter is breathing new life into the Civil Rights Movement / Fredrick C. Harris

Comparing BLM to white supremacists is ludicrous and dangerous / Melanie Schmitz

Nonviolent protest is a privilege not afforded to all / Nisa Dang

Are African Americans Really Treated Worse by Law Enforcement?

Statistics on shootings speak for themselves / Alem Tedeneke

Video evidence is subject to interpretation / Roseanna Sommers

Numbers tell terrible truth about Black Lives Matter / David French

Police brutality cannot be all about race / Universal Life Christian Monastery

Only independent investigations can create trust / Walter Katz

Blue Lives Matter paints cops as victims / Adam Quinn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.

ISBN:

9781534502895

1534502890

9781534502901

1534502904

OCLC:

1015269779

Publisher Number:

99978187783