BLACK LIVES MATTER IN THE UNITED STATES

Alifianita Amalia (International Relations, President University)
Luthfiyah Alifah Ridwan (International Relations, President University)
Rachel Krisna Ayu (International Relations, President University)
Shuwen Lian (International Relations, President University)

Sociae Polites: Majalah Ilmiah Sosial-Politik
Vol. 22 No. 2 (2021): July-December 2021

This paper examines affiliation with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement using the constructivism theory. The main finding presented in the paper is that the discrimination experienced by African Americans in the United States in the past two decades. The BLM movement's history was a response to the death of two black teenagers, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, who were both unarmed and shot and killed. The most famous one happened this year, the death of George Floyd for the brutal police action by pressing the victim's neck with his leg until Floyd died. The second key finding is that BLM organizations generated more to frame the movement as a struggle for individual rights. Still, many youths assume that this movement is just a trend on social media. Finally, social media's influence where the spread of news, content, videos is the important point of the black lives matter movement in the US.