Racial Justice in America: What is the Black Lives Matter Movement?

Racial Justice in America: What is the Black Lives Matter Movement? — page 1
chapter 1 An Intro to Black Lives Matter Almost everyone is treated unfairly at some time in their life People can be treated poorly because they belong to a certain cultural group or because of what they stand for They can be discriminated against because of mental or physical disabilities People can be treated unfairly because they are too rich or too poor too tall or too short too loud or too quiet too religious or not religious enough But unfairness and anti-Black racism are different America’s legal and educational systems make it harder for people in the Black community to get a good education be successful and build wealth When these systems put one cultural group at a disadvantage it’s called systemic racism 4