Why Do Black Lives Matter
Kyla Higgins
Feb. 4,2015
English 6th “Why Do Black Lives Matter”
Analysis Of Quote
Step 1: According to Anthony Bradley,”In the current crisis, we are left to reduce some of our neighbors to depersonalized nouns: “suspect,” “thug,” “criminal,” “felon,” or “cop.” This type of depersonalization is the gateway to dehumanization because it gives us permission to suspend the requirement to treat people with dignity, even if they have broken the law”(1). Step 2: In this quote, what happening is that Anthony believes that we as american define each other as people who are suspect,thugs,and etc. The cause of this is that, we are so focus on ourselves so much that we make people feel least as a human. In effect of this, we are not attaching our personal feelings to people. So we are mistreating people to point where we dehumanize them. We take the dignity way for them, and this shows that we are people that don't care for one another. We don't treat each other as persons Step 3: If we treat each other as if we not persons, then how can we know who we actually are?
We treat each other like we don't matter, but we as a black community, we are yet marching down the streets,”Black lives matter”. If we want people to know that black lives matter, we have to show why black lives matter. If we don't, the world will flourish without the black community. According to Anthony Bradley,”One of the greatest tragedies in American history was the myth that America could flourish without blacks flourishing as persons”(1). Also we have got away from the teaching of Christianity; Christianity showed the teaches of how to treat others. According to Anthony Bradley,” In a depersonalized, individualistic society people could not care less about the flourishing of their neighbors”(1). We have got away from doing the opposite, because we are too interested in ourselves. We should go to Christianity; to show the difference between rights and passion.
Feb. 4,2015
English 6th “Why Do Black Lives Matter”
Analysis Of Quote
Step 1: According to Anthony Bradley,”In the current crisis, we are left to reduce some of our neighbors to depersonalized nouns: “suspect,” “thug,” “criminal,” “felon,” or “cop.” This type of depersonalization is the gateway to dehumanization because it gives us permission to suspend the requirement to treat people with dignity, even if they have broken the law”(1). Step 2: In this quote, what happening is that Anthony believes that we as american define each other as people who are suspect,thugs,and etc. The cause of this is that, we are so focus on ourselves so much that we make people feel least as a human. In effect of this, we are not attaching our personal feelings to people. So we are mistreating people to point where we dehumanize them. We take the dignity way for them, and this shows that we are people that don't care for one another. We don't treat each other as persons Step 3: If we treat each other as if we not persons, then how can we know who we actually are?
We treat each other like we don't matter, but we as a black community, we are yet marching down the streets,”Black lives matter”. If we want people to know that black lives matter, we have to show why black lives matter. If we don't, the world will flourish without the black community. According to Anthony Bradley,”One of the greatest tragedies in American history was the myth that America could flourish without blacks flourishing as persons”(1). Also we have got away from the teaching of Christianity; Christianity showed the teaches of how to treat others. According to Anthony Bradley,” In a depersonalized, individualistic society people could not care less about the flourishing of their neighbors”(1). We have got away from doing the opposite, because we are too interested in ourselves. We should go to Christianity; to show the difference between rights and passion.