Resisting State Violence: Teaching Social Justice Virtually in an Era of Black Lives Matter and the Coronavirus

2022 ◽  
pp. 211-247
Author(s):  
Austin McCoy
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
State Violence ◽  
Black Lives Matter

Crisis Counseling for Black Lives Matter Protests

2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 198-211
Author(s):  
Darius A. Green ◽  
Brittany A. Williams ◽  
Kyulee Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Black Communities ◽  
Counseling Competencies ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Crisis Counseling ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Public Demonstration

The resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black individuals during the summer of 2020 was accompanied by widespread public demonstration and protest. Despite the peaceful nature of most demonstrations, data indicate that protesters experienced police violence at a disproportionate rate compared to demonstrations associated with other movements. Due to the crisis and unrest that undue police violence toward Black communities can cause, it is imperative that counselors identify ways to support communities in their collective acts toward resistance and liberation. This article reviews how counselors can integrate the Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies and the American Counseling Association’s Advocacy Competencies into crisis counseling responses that support protesters of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Outro

Renegades ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 123-128
Author(s):  
Trevor Boffone
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Movements ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Black Girls ◽  
New Music ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Revolution

The Outro explores how the Renegades throughout this book used their social media platforms and clout to further social justice messages during the height of the renewed Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd in summer 2020. Renegade Zoomers played a significant role in celebrating Blackness and made many of these “moves” on social media. Whether it was through attending marches, creating viral dance challenges, or producing new music, Renegades positioned their creativity, joy, and labor as central to the movement for Black lives. Their work forced onlookers, moreover, to recognize the labor of Black girls in our social movements. Renegades reveal, ultimately, that the revolution will be digital.

scholarly journals "I Felt What was Happening in Our Country [USA] with Race was So Much Scarier than the [COVID-19] Virus.” Black Lives Matter Protesters’ Beliefs and Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn Arana-Chicas ◽  
Brooke Jones ◽  
Francisco Cartujano-Barrera ◽  
Ana Paula Cupertino
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Social Distancing ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
The U.S

This study describes the COVID-19 prevention practices and beliefs of Black Lives Matter protesters in the U.S. Participants completed a survey on following COVID-19 guidelines and answered interview questions. Twenty participants were enrolled. Mean age was 29 and most were female (80%) and black (75%). Participants almost always wore their masks (75%) and washed their hands (85%) while protesting. Most reported rarely social distancing (55%) and not being concerned about COVID-19 (55%). Themes included: 1) Fighting for social justice, 2) Protesting is more important than COVID-19, 3) Unable to social distance, 4) Masks mostly worn, 5) Protests sparked global movement, and 6) Increasing awareness of injustices. Our results suggest that protestors understand the importance of preventing the spread of COVID-19 and follow guidelines, but there are suggestions that some protestors do not consistently adhere to these guidelines. Results may contribute to policies that control the spread of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Diversity Committees During The Era of Social Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert Singletary ◽  
Kenneth Royal ◽  
Kathy Goodridge-Purnell
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
African American Men ◽  
Colored People ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Chief Diversity Officer ◽  
The World ◽  
Community Organizers ◽  
Equity And Inclusion ◽  
Business Sectors ◽  
Overall Effectiveness

The deaths of George Floyd and other African American men and women in 2020 awakened the consciousness of Americans and social justice advocates across the world. The chants of “Black Lives Matter!” echoed from the streets of Minneapolis – all the way to the shores of Cape Town, South Africa. Immense pressure from protestors and community organizers caused those in education and traditional business sectors to evaluate their commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Many organizations responded by releasing statements in support of minoritized groups, often including the hashtags #BLM or #NAACP[i]. However, despite support offered via social media, consumers and social justice advocates demanded more than just words. To that end, many institutions began to establish diversity book clubs, while others created DEI committees, and/or appointed a Chief Diversity Officer to guide DEI initiatives across the institution (Byrd et al., 2021). Constructing and operating a diverse DEI committee presents significant challenges. In addition to the barriers associated with assembling diverse members, there are also methodological constraints as there is a dearth of empirical research within the extant literature that provides guidance in constructing and evaluating the effectiveness of DEI committees. To that end, the purpose of this article is three-fold: (1) to discuss the necessity of DEI committees in higher education and corporate settings; (2) to explain why DEI committees sometimes fail; and (3) to offer some suggestions for addressing ways to improve their overall effectiveness. [i] These are the Twitter designations for Black Lives Matter and The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, respectively.

scholarly journals Equality in the Air We Breathe

2018 ◽  
pp. 246-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lindsey Dillon ◽  
Julie Sze
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Toxic Exposure ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Politics Of Difference

This chapter brings an interdisciplinary and social justice perspective to the concept and practices of "sustainability" by foregrounding the work of anti-racist struggles in U.S. cities, like Black Lives Matter. It asserts that anti-racist struggles have always been struggles about life-sustaining environments, at least as "the environment" is defined by the environmental justice movement as the place where people "live, work, and play. It suggests an alternative notion of sustainability, as it has long been theorized by and lived through black and brown lives, focusing on breath and breathing as an intimate geography of race and toxic exposure. In so doing it contributes to the challenge to sustainability practitioners to rethink their ideologies and practices through a politics of difference.

Police Killings, Political Impunity, Racism and the People’s Health: Issues for Our Times

HPHR Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Krieger
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Black Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Black Lives Matter

“Black lives matter.” “I can’t breathe.” “Racism kills.” These searing statements visibly appear on handwritten placards, on buttons, and on the shirts, hoodies, hats, and even bodies of hundreds of thousands of people who have been participating in protests across the United States, triggered by the recent round of police killings of unarmed black men and, in the case of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the abject failures of grand juries to call for criminal prosecution for their deaths. Starkly revealing the profound links between racism and the people’s health, these statements also illuminate the flip side of this pain: the fundamental links between social justice and public health.

Meet the Food Radicals

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Bailey Norwood ◽  
Tamara L. Mix
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Food System ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Small Farmers ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
The World

They are twenty-seven persons changing how we farm, how the food system operates, and how we eat. No two are the same, but all are far from ordinary. Some want to change how we farm to make it more sustainable, while others want to transform the food system in the name of social justice. Some seek to alter what we eat, while others want to change how and where we eat. They include regular farmers, but also farmers growing food without the sun or soil. They include architects, molecular biologists, Black Lives Matter activists, anarchists, undercover animal rights investigators, big farmers, small farmers, martial arts instructors, and more. Join us at the table to dine with twenty-seven food radicals—and see the world of food as you have rarely seen it before.

Black Female Education Leaders and Intersectionality

2021 ◽  
pp. 101-123
Author(s):  
Alyncia M. Bowen ◽  
Shaquanah Robinson ◽  
Jim Lane
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Black Female ◽  
Female Education ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Education Leaders ◽  
Gender Power ◽  
Cultural Movement

The pandemic has operated within a cultural movement opposing systemic racism. Redux of Black Lives Matter was spurred by the killings of George Floyd, Ahmad Aubrey, Rashard Brooks, Breonna Taylor, and others, and resulted in prolonged protests throughout the country. This caustic backdrop has created unique challenges for female Black educational leaders. Thus, they are compelled to navigate their already challenging duties among the intersections of leadership, race, gender, power, and social justice. Black female education leaders are challenged to courageously lead during an unprecedented era of disruption.

Terence Blanchard and the Politics of Breathing

2021 ◽  
pp. 25-44
Author(s):  
James Gordon Williams
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
African American ◽  
Spoken Word ◽  
Social Critique ◽  
Staten Island ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Musical Space ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Musical Practices ◽  
Systemic Violence

This chapter discusses trumpeter Terence Blanchard’s composition “Breathless” (2015). “Breathless” was Blanchard’s response to the 2014 killing of Eric Garner by members of the police on Staten Island and his musical connection to the Black Lives Matter social movement. Blanchard sonically represents breathlessness harmonically, rhythmically, and melodically within the values of Black musical space. It is argued that Blanchard’s orchestration of reverbed male and female sounds of exhalation with the spoken-word lyrics of JRei Oliver is a social critique of systemic violence. This chapter explains how Blanchard’s music is in conversation not only with the Black Lives Matter movement but with the archives and community repositories of improvised social justice music by past African American musicians who have historically created a Black sense of place through musical practices.

State-Sanctioned Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Melvin Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
State Violence ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Specific Focus ◽  
Historical Origins

This chapter reintroduces intersectionality and introduces an intracategorical approach, a lens many readers may be unfamiliar with but one enhancing the saliency of intersectionality and state-sanctioned violence with a specific focus on cities and people of color. When youth are introduced, the unfairness of these forces takes on greater importance. This chapter’s central goal is not to delve into great detail about these concepts, including historical origins and evolution, which are deeply grounded in feminist theory. The goal is to examine intersectionality (including intracategorical intersectionality) and its relationship to state-sponsored violence. This enriches our understanding of a state violence paradigm and further grounds it conceptually and philosophically within our profession’s social justice mission and values.

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