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It is time to have a honest discussion about Race. how are we using our skill sets in an entertainment driven industry to raise awareness and bring about change? How do we feel about the inequality and injustices that are happening across the country to people of color? Why is it important that people understand what Black Lives Matters truly means? How do we spread awareness about these issues or cases of Injustice? Is marching and protesting the answer? Is impacting the companies from a financial standpoint going to be the answer? Do laws and systems need to change so that people of color aren't wrongfully accused and jailed? Does law enforcement need new rules and training in place in order to TRULY serve and protect citizens of all colors, religions, creed and background?How do we begin to unravel an issue that has been going on for Hundreds of years?

I think so many people are stuck in their privileged bubble that it's hard at first for them to under that there is even a problem in America. they don't realize that they are inundated on a daily basis through the media, advertising, television, etc. With visual and verbal language that reinforces the protective bulle they are in. There is an implicit bias ingrained in our culture since the founding of our nation. BLM is an important movement for our generation because although we've established Civil Rights, we have not yet found footing in the systemic problem of passing racism from generation to generation. Black Lives Matter, is another name for the Black Lives Matter Movement. I think a grassroots approach to raising awareness is one of the few outlets open to raising awareness about these issues. Taking to social media, blogs, and websites to voice your opinion and share experiences is one of the few ways to have your voice heard. In my opinion, Larger networks will pick up stories but they have a tendency to latch on to one story, sensationalize it, over speculate, and usually, criminalize the victim in some way. They also rush to meet deadlines or beat out a competitor and end up giving partial truths or false stories. Standing together, telling stories, not victim shaming, making a conscious effort in our interactions everyday is a start. I think peaceful marching and protesting is an important part of spreading the BLM message. Seeing is believing and showing a united front, carrying the BLM message in cities across America is a powerful way to get that message across. The important thing is to do it with passion, but while abiding the law. The second law enforcement has to be called, the real message is lost and story of how protester were arrested becomes the focus.Some people feel as though marching and protesting will change things like it did when Martin Luther King was living. But you also have to realize you need to speak up not just complain tell the world how you feel. We also need to get into writing letters. I personally don't think its a a problem with protesting you standing up for how you feel.I think boycotting a company that you know actively is a great idea. I personally think all lives matter. We can't really say black lives matter when black people are taking our own lives as well. Personally I refuse to shop at or support companies that the mat actively supports issues that I fundamentally disagree in. I know my small change doesn't make a difference, but if an entire movement made that commitment, it would send a strong message and start to invoke change.Our justice system if flawed and I believe it always will be. That is because it is enacted by humans. I don't have the expertise to say whether we need to create new laws, but I think we need to evaluate the effectiveness of our system. I think until we can reach people and effect change in how race is viewed, sadly, all the laws in the world won't matter. I don't think I can really give an educated answer to this. I know we see videos out there of police making bad decisions, plenty of them racist decisions that are costing black men their lives. But, out of all the police men and women out there serving daily, I don't think it's fair to judge all of them. I think in just like any other "group" of people, there are ignorant, racist people. Is that the majority? I don't know. I hope not. I don't think extra training in understanding other cultures is ever a bad idea, though. So, my answer would be yes. We don't need more people dying in the streets. Black, white and neither do we need the police dying either.We have to start, everyday, with ourselves. When we see advertising and they have lightened a black girls skin to make her more "appealing", or in movies when they've hired a black man to be the only bad guy, when the media uses phrases like "thugs" or " black-on-black crime", when we read a social media post about a crime and the perpetrator is black and we give it a mental shrug and think "of course" and move on. We need to sop and care that these things are happening every single day. We have to recognize, change our brains, protest it, and remind those around us that this is not okay. We don't have to sit back and take mainstreams casual racism. It's our job to effect the change we want to see in the world and it won't happen unless we speak up and make other realize it.