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#hashtaggingthemovement

Since I’ve been on the internet, I’ve shared articles, signed online petitions, and participated in countless online debates. Embarrassingly, I can barely remember any of them offhand. I am, in a way, Gladwell’s point, in the reality behind internet “activists”, and how passive we – if I even qualify as an internet activist – can…

Twitter Fingers

In his article “Small Change” Malcom Gladwell discusses the role of social media in terms of its ability to spark activism. He balances his investigation, stating how social media has had success in making it “…easier for the powerless to collaborate, coordinate, and give voice to their concerns”, yet is based around a network of…

New Age of Activism

In Malcom Gladwell’s article he makes the claim that because of the weak ties that social media promotes it would be impossible to have the protests and activist demonstrations similar to those in the 1960s. He says the because of the lack of closeness between individuals on the internet there would be very little cohesion…

Step off your pedestal and listen

Collectively and yet from three distinct approaches, Whack, Lopez, and Gladwell describe the social activism and protest of today and weave in a discussion of its strengths and weaknesses. In his piece “Why the Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted,” Gladwell frames his analysis on modern activism with a nostalgic discussion of the Sit Ins of…

Reverend Barber Does What is ‘Right’

In the 2013 article “Why US Still Needs a Civil Rights Movement,” Becky Oskin explains how problems still remain with talking about topics such as race, education inequality, poverty and unemployment, prison, and voting rights. Progress regarding civil rights has stalled. Oskin provides a quote from Noliwe Rooks, a Cornell University professor and expert in…

I Now Pronounce You the #AbolitionistCivilRightsBlackLivesMatter Movement

David Cunningham pointed out that the KKK movement was not a series of waves, but one movement. I argue that the same can be said for the same can be said for the Abolition Movement, Civil Rights Movement, and #BlackLivesMatter Movement. The #BlackLivesMatter aims to rectify some of the wrongs that the Civil Rights Movement…

#YesAllWomenNeedToProtestBeyondTwitter

In May of 2014, Elliot Rodger’s killing spree in Isla Vista, California mobilized hundreds of thousands of women to take to twitter to talk about their experiences with misogyny, sexism, violence against women, sexual harassment and sexual abuse. Some thought that it was the beginning of the next wave of the Feminist Movement. However, after…

Hate within Our Own Home

In the introduction to the book Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement, Kathleen M. Blee talks about the different interviews she had with the many kinds of racist women in hate groups. This was especially shocking to me because the women she interviewed were educated, yet still held these awful beliefs. The article…

Terrorism Has No Race

Growing up, some of the most fun parts of my summer were when the people on my block would rope off 47th and Larchwood and converge on our block and sit on our stoops to grill, throw a football around, and generally socialize. These were called Block Parties. With all this in mind, for me…

Terrorist or Troubled?

The three readings collectively humanize American racism, explicating the violent ramifications of extreme racism as well as illustrating the individual characteristics of a racist advocate. The introduction in Inside Organized Racism: Women in the Hate Movement illustrates the banality of the White Power movement, describing it as an ordinary gathering intertwined with alarming ideology, as…