Essay About Race/Racism: Black Lives are Still Lives
options), explain a contemporary issue related to race/racism.
• Contemporary issue must be drawn from news/media sources within the last three
years. News sources include any and all mainstream news/media outlets (CNN, New
York Times, MSNBC, Los Angeles Times, Daily Beast, Fox News, Vox, BuzzFeed,
Vice, etc.). Include citation of news source in body of text and in works cited section.
• Apply the theories to the current event on race/racism. Define the theories and then
evaluate how those three theories explain your contemporary issue. Make sure
you bold and underline the theories in your essay.
• Finally, identify and assess which one of the three theories best explain your current
event and why?
NO PLAGIARISM
As Martin Luther King Jr stated, unfairness is a danger to equity all over rages the propaganda of Black Lives Matter, pushing the movement forward. The year 2020 brought immense challenges all over the world. It had been an unprecedented year with us facing economic, health, and education problems. These are just a few. Every one of us worldwide was also shut to a lockdown that we would never have expected. Amidst all these difficulties, the year 2020 had also triggered us with an issue that is already existing many centuries ago, an issue that is present in every country, an issue that destroyed many dreams and futures and that killed many lives, an issue that makes the society appeal – the issue of racism.
Racism happens when individuals, official policies in society show more favorable treatment to an individual or group based on race or ethnicity (Racism). Racism has its branches; it takes many forms and consists of sociological theories such as institutional racism, structural racism, and racial project. These three allude to be the “Systems of Structure” since they have processes that hurt racial minorities, particularly individuals of color.
