History
#BlackLivesMatter
#HandsUpDontShoot #IfTheyGunnedMeDown
#PaulasBestDishes
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen
#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen
#McKinney #ICantBreathe
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Although slavery was abolished in the 19th century, problems regarding the oppression and discrimination of black people in the USA did not disappear with that. The beginning of the 20th century can be described as the Jim Crow era of segregation.
Each aspect of life was separated for coloured people and whites. Name one.
-Schools
-Buses
-Restaurants
-Water Fountains
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When hashtags started trending, almost 40% of adults in the African-American community said they do not trust mainstream media channels.
How did black americans keep up with the news about their community?
#BlackLivesMatter
Users who followed the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag, did so in order to follow reports of police brutality and protests against it, unfiltered by mainstream media influence.
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After whose death did hashtags #HandsUpDontShoot and #IfTheyGunnedMeDown go viral?
The hashtag went viral after a black teenager, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri was shot dead by a white police officer in 2014
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What does the hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen criticise?
It criticises mainstream feminism, which pushes women of colour to the side and cares primarily for white women.
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In June 2015, a video was posted on YouTube, showing a white police officer trying to apprehend a group of black teenagers at a neighborhood swimming pool in McKinney, Texas.
While the police officer forced a 15 year old black girl in bikinis violently to the ground and knelt on her back, what did the girl cry out to the officer?
“Call my mama!”
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Black people in the USA have had a tough history and have been an oppressed group throughout the whole history of the country.
What was the main goal of civil rights movement?
To end segregation and obtain equal rights with white people.
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What does #BlackLivesMatter seek to acknowledge?
Police brutality as a public problem.
#BlackLivesMatter became the most spread hashtag supporting black community.
The hashtag has been used almost 30 million times in 5 years.
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Michael Brown was unarmed, and help his hands up in surrender, saying "don't shoot". He was shot 12 times.
What happened to the police officer who shot the victim?
He was found not guilty.
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A former employee of television personality Paula Deen sued Deen over allegations of racism in the workplace.
What happened to Paula Deen after?
She got fired.
Major news networks covered the story, as all the shaming tweets hashtagged #PaulasBestDishes became significant enough to get news coverage. This, (most likely) led to Deen being fired.
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Eric Garner's final words in life “I can’t breathe” were used as a hashtag in the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Why couldn't he breathe?
Because a police officer was choking him to death.
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Segregation laws stated that blacks must sit at the back of the bus. In 1955 a black woman was arrested due to the fact that she refused to give her bus seat to a white man.
Who was the woman?
Rosa Parks. The incident ultimately led to her being one of the most known faces of the civil rights movement
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What change in mediatization helped give birth to #BlackLivesMatter?
Modern technology.
The chance to capture evidence through photos and videos, even if it’s not captured by the mass media.
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It represents how media portrays black victims of police brutality.
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What distinguishes #PaulasBestDishes from the other hashtags previously mentioned?
Humor.
As previous hashtags discussed are quite morbid, #PaulasBestDishes is a great example of how Black Twitter uses humor within their hashtags and messages behind these hashtags, as an identity-maintenance technique.
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Eric Garner was an unarmed black man, choked to death by the Staten Island police. A video which documented his last minutes in life, is published online.
How many times can he be heard saying "I can't breathe?"
11 times.
A bystander recorded the video of the police officer, who did not listen to him and eventually choked him to death. The police officer in question was not indicted in court.
The only thing Eric Garner was quilty of, was selling cigarettes illegally.