Responsible Church Leaders Should Be Educating Their Congregations About Racism and Serving the Community Concerning the Black Lives Matter movement.

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 38-49
Author(s):  
Darrell Norman Burrell ◽  
Rajanique L. Modeste ◽  
Aikyna Finch
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Racial Profiling ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Current Event ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
God's Love ◽  
Racial Injustice

As our society wrestles with systemic racism, it is imperative that houses of prayer undergo the same reflection. African-Americans have been disappointed with majority Caucasian congregation church leaders who have the capacity to change minds and attitudes during this time of national reckoning over race but are not engaging their worshipers with honest educational conversations about social justice, race, and police brutality. Black lives matter. This is an obvious truth considering God's love for all God's children. When Black lives are systemically devalued by society, our outrage justifiably insists that attention be focused on Black lives. When a church claims boldly “Black Lives Matter” and attempts to educate their churchgoers about the societal and subtle ills of racial profiling, microaggressions, and privilege at this moment, it chooses not to be silent about a racial injustice for those in need. The paper explores the importance of this topic through current event literature.

Multicultural Sport Psychology’s Consulting Role in the United States Activist–Athlete Movement

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica L. David ◽  
Jesse A. Steinfeldt ◽  
I. S. Keino Miller ◽  
Jacqueline E. Hyman
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
African Americans ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Social Action ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Broad Term ◽  
Racial Injustice

Multiculturalism is a broad term that encapsulates a number of idealistic constructs related to inclusion, understanding the diverse experiences of others, and creating equitable access to resources and opportunity in our society. Social justice activism is a core tenet of multiculturalism. In order to be optimally effective, multiculturalism needs to be an “action word” rather than a passive construct, one that is inextricably linked to the ability to commit to and engage in an agenda of social justice wherein the inclusive ideals of multiculturalism are actively sought out and fought for. One such domain where the constructs of multiculturalism and social action are playing out in real time is within U.S. sport. U.S. athletes across all ranks (i.e., Olympic, professional, college, and youth sports) are actively engaging in social justice activism by using their platforms to advocate for equality and human rights. A recent display of activism that has garnered worldwide attention was the silent protest of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick. During the National Football League (NFL) preseason games of the 2016 season, Kaepernick began kneeling during the playing of the U.S. national anthem as a means to protest racial injustice, police brutality, and the killing of African Americans. Since the start of his protest, athletes around the nation and the world have joined the activist–athlete movement, thereby raising awareness of the mistreatment of African Americans within U.S. society. The activist–athlete movement has amassed support and generated momentum, but consulting sport psychology professionals can adopt a more active role to better support athletes, thereby advancing the movement. Consulting sport psychologists can strive to better understand the nature of athlete-activism and aspire to help their athlete clients explore and express their opinions so they can work to effect meaningful societal change, using sport as the vehicle for their message.

Organizing so Black Lives Matter

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney Cole ◽  
Audrey Grace
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Faculty Member ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Racial Injustice

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to respond to racial injustice and white supremacy, within the context of ongoing Black Lives Matter activism against police brutality through public protests.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors consider the work of organizing institutions of higher education so that Black Lives Matter.FindingsThe authors offer a number of practical insights and suggestions in order to deal with racial injustice and white supremacy and better support Black faculty, staff and students on college campuses.Originality/valueIn addressing issues of racial injustice and white supremacy on college campuses, the authors bring together our experiences and perspectives as diversity officer and faculty member, respectively.

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.

scholarly journals Black Lives Matter Toronto: A Qualitative Study of Twitter’s Localized Social Discourse on Systemic Racism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tacicia Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
The Public Sphere

This Major Research Paper examines the Twitter discourse of Black Lives Matter Toronto (BLMTO), a chapter of the Black Lives Matter Movement which addresses issues of racism and police brutality. BLMTO protested in front of police headquarters between April 1st and April 15th, 2016 and used Twitter to document their protest during this time. This paper provides a content and sentiment analysis of 346 tweets collected during this time frame. The analysis of the Twitter content is based on concepts drawn from the scholarly literature on the public sphere, identity and social identity, and framing theory. My findings indicate the following: 1. Black Lives Matter Toronto uses media framing techniques, as well as logical and moral appeals, to build credibility as a strong subaltern counterpublic, an information resource for community building and an influencer online, through sharing relevant statistics, news stories and persuasive rhetoric. 2. BLMTO incorporates calls to action to create publicity and facilitate community mobilization. 3. Key themes in the tweets include the exercise of power in society, the need to build community and create a common sense of right and wrong, and maintaining solidarity

scholarly journals Toppled Monuments and Black Lives Matter: Race, Gender, and Decolonization in the Public Space. An Interview with Charmaine A. Nelson

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Christiana Abraham
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Space ◽  
The United States ◽  
Generational Change ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Monuments ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Racial Injustice ◽  
The Public Sphere

This paper discusses the recent backlash against public monuments spurred by Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in North America and elsewhere following the killing by police of George Floyd, an unarmed African-American man in the United States. Since this event, protestors have taken to the streets to bring attention to police brutality, systemic racism, and racial injustice faced by Black and Indigenous people and people of colour in the United States, Canada, Great Britain and some European countries. In many of these protests, outraged citizens have torn down, toppled, or defaced monuments of well-known historic figures associated with colonialism, slavery, racism, and imperialism. Protestors have been demanding the removal of statues and monuments that symbolize slavery, colonial power, and systemic and historical racism. What makes these monuments problematic and what drives these deliberate and spectacular acts of defiance against these omnipresent monuments? Featuring an interview with art historian Charmaine A. Nelson, this article explores the meanings of these forceful, decolonial articulations at this moment. The interview addresses some complex questions related to monumentalization and the public sphere, symbolism and racial in/justice. In so doing, it suggests that monuments of the future need to be reimagined and redefined contemporaneously with shifting social knowledge and generational change.

Endless mode: Exploring the procedural rhetoric of a Black Lives Matter-themed newsgame

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-549
Author(s):  
Allissa V Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Limited Resources ◽  
Procedural Rhetoric ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Political Ideologies ◽  
Police Shootings ◽  
Police Interactions

A week after the back-to-back police shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling in early July 2016, a game developer, who goes by the screen name Yvvy, sat in front of her console mulling over the headlines. She designed a newsgame that featured civilian–police interactions that were plucked from that reportage. She entitled it Easy Level Life. The newsgame is fashioned in what developers call ‘endless mode’, where players are challenged to last as long as possible against a continuing threat, with limited resources or player-character lives. This case study explores the procedural rhetoric of Easy Level Life to investigate how it condemns police brutality through play. Using Teun van Dijk’s concept of ‘news as discourse’ as the framework, I found that this newsgame followed the narrative structure of a traditional newspaper editorial very closely. I explain how the situation–evaluation–conclusion discursive model best describes how Easy Level Life conveys its political ideologies. I conclude by suggesting that this discursive model should perhaps become a benchmarking tool for future newsgame developers who aim to strengthen their arguments for social justice.

scholarly journals Filling Archival Silences: Reflections on Community Archiving for Social Justice

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiffany Pennamon ◽  
Sarah Coates
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Police Officer ◽  
Community Response ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Racial Injustice ◽  
University Archives ◽  
Wall Materials ◽  
Sphere Of Influence

George Floyd’s murder by ex-police officer Derek Chauvin sparked an international wave of protests against racial injustice. In Gainesville, the community came together to place memorials to Floyd and other victims of racial injustice at UF and on the 34th St. Wall. Materials left at the memorial site and the photographs taken of the Wall and the memorial site are archived in University Archives at the George A. Smathers Libraries. The goal of the “All Black Lives Matter: Documenting Community Response to Racial Injustice” project encourages students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to reflect on this moment in the nation’s history, as well as the responsibility they have to dismantle racism and anti-Blackness in their sphere of influence.

scholarly journals Reading the silence: Canadian library responses to racial injustice

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber Matthews
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Racial Justice ◽  
Canadian Society ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Library Community ◽  
Racial Injustice

This paper presents the findings of a research study on the formal response of the Canadian library community to the mass Black Lives Matter (BLM) social movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death and the resulting global protests over the summer of 2020. The study employed mixed-method content analysis and its principal goals were to (a) identify formal responses between May to August 2020; (b) analyze themes across how the Canadian library community views and situates itself within conversations of racial justice; and (c) identify the scale and scope of commitments made for future accountability and research. The results show that one third (34%) of the Canadian library community formally responded with an organizational statement and even less situated their organizations as contributors to systemic racism in Canadian society.

scholarly journals Black Lives Matter Toronto: A Qualitative Study of Twitter’s Localized Social Discourse on Systemic Racism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tacicia Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Community Building ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Social Discourse ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
The Public ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
The Public Sphere

This Major Research Paper examines the Twitter discourse of Black Lives Matter Toronto (BLMTO), a chapter of the Black Lives Matter Movement which addresses issues of racism and police brutality. BLMTO protested in front of police headquarters between April 1st and April 15th, 2016 and used Twitter to document their protest during this time. This paper provides a content and sentiment analysis of 346 tweets collected during this time frame. The analysis of the Twitter content is based on concepts drawn from the scholarly literature on the public sphere, identity and social identity, and framing theory. My findings indicate the following: 1. Black Lives Matter Toronto uses media framing techniques, as well as logical and moral appeals, to build credibility as a strong subaltern counterpublic, an information resource for community building and an influencer online, through sharing relevant statistics, news stories and persuasive rhetoric. 2. BLMTO incorporates calls to action to create publicity and facilitate community mobilization. 3. Key themes in the tweets include the exercise of power in society, the need to build community and create a common sense of right and wrong, and maintaining solidarity

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

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyn Arana-Chicas ◽  
Brooke D Jones ◽  
Francisco Cartujano-Barrera ◽  
Ana Paula Cupertino
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Police Brutality ◽  
Beliefs And Practices ◽  
Black Lives Matter ◽  
Global Movement ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Study Participants ◽  
Recommended Guidelines

Abstract Background: The killing of George Floyd triggered the Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality and social injustices in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. No research to date has assessed the COVID-19 prevention practices and beliefs of protesters. The purpose of this study was to assess COVID-19 prevention practices and beliefs of Black Lives Matter protesters in the USA. Methods: A pilot mixed methods study was employed. Participants completed a survey collecting data on their frequency in following COVID-19 recommended guidelines and answered open-ended interview questions to elucidate the results from the survey. Results: Twenty participants completed the study. Participants’ average age was 29 and most participants were female (80%) and black (75%). Most always or almost always properly wore their masks (50% and 25%, respectively) and washed their hands during a protest 2-3 times or more than 3 times (35% and 50%, respectively). Although all believed that COVID-19 testing is important (90%), most had never been tested (85%) and most did not self-quarantine for 14 days after protesting (95%). Moreover, most participants reported never or rarely following social distancing guidelines at a protest (25% and 30%, respectively) and most reported being Not at all or Slightly concerned about COVID-19 while at a protest (25% and 30%, respectively). Qualitative data highlighted the following themes: 1) Fighting for social justice, 2) Protesting being more important than COVID-19, 3) Unable to keep 6 ft distance, 4) Masks worn most of the time, 5) Protests sparked global movement, and 6) Increasing awareness of injustices. Conclusion: Although protesters believe that both the fight for social justice and taking precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic are important, they believe the fight for social justice is more important than the COVID-19 pandemic. However, they understand the importance of COVID-19 and try to practice the recommended guidelines to prevent its spread while protesting. These results make an important contribution for policies for controlling the spread of the disease, and also understanding human behavior of protesting for social justice during a pandemic.

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