“I think BLM is a social movement that will prove to be instrumental in any attempt to coddle some aspects of western adolescence through the socialization process. At first I must say I was undecided upon the felt exclusivity that some media spectacles revolving around the movement portrayed it as, but since looking into the individual component (which is what i believe makes this movement so powerful) of BLM, I think this movement shows some interesting parallels for revolution that have been expressed to me. I think this is a grand show of the masses willingness to be vulnerable, and that vulnerability is key in creating effective activism. even if violence played a small part in bringing it into the spot light, it would be instrumental. People must realize and confront (on an individual level) the possible suffering that BLM characterizes as an ethnic community. I could be wrong, but if any of my recent studies have taught me anything it’s that acting as a distant observer to this only enables stagnation in socialization and realizing one’s true faults and cracks within society. Black Lives Matters is an ever present red flag of the dissonance and disparities held to not only those of the black community, but to those of all disadvantaged/disenfranchised communities. I believe in what BLM represents, mostly of what it calls for, and above all else the passage to true equality that could be achievable if it were taken with more seriousness by the news media rather than using it as a grand ol’ civil rights awakening in america skit.”
Everyday Thoughts and College Life 