Overview
The Black Lives Matter movement has brought attention to various forms of racial discrimination and injustice. At the heart of the movement is a critique of our criminal justice system or more specifically, policing in America and mass-incarceration. Take some time and look through the BLM website and the resources below to develop your awareness of the issues at the core of BLM movement.
For this assignment think about how the textbook explains the process of constructing social problems, or more specifically, claimsmaking (drawing attention to a troubling condition) Activists can beclaimsmakers as explained in the textbook. Activists draw our attention to conditions and establish social movements to challenge the status quo.
Activists frame social problems in 3 ways by asking 3 basic questions:
What is the nature of the problem? Diagnostic Frame
Why should something be done to address the problem? Motivational Frame
How do we address the problem or what should we do to address the problem? Prognostic Frame
Instructions
1. Pick one of the topics (consider exploring the ‘vision for black lives’) listed on the BLM website and answer the above framingquestions: What is the problem? Why should we do something? What should we do?
Support your response with some data, research, graphs, images or other information mentioned in the articles and/or video clips.