Tatjana Vukelić. FROM A HASHTAG TO STREET POLITICS

UDC: 316.472.4:004.738.5]:323.118(73) 

Author: Tatjana Vukelić

Title: FROM A HASHTAG TO STREET POLITICS

Language of Paper: English 

Language of Summary: Macedonian

Keywords: Twitter hashtag, movement, racial justice, protests, Black people, back­lash

Pages: 33-47

Before any social change, there is a struggle for social change. Born as a Twitter hashtag, Black Lives Matter has emerged and evolved into a strong alter­native to the political isolation that racial justice advocates have faced since the election of Barack Obama. In just two years, the Movement has established con­fron­ta­tion politics, rising voice against the four centuries long racism, racial discri­mi­nation, social inequity, and systemic racism. With continued activism, Black Lives Matter helps reverse the counteroffensive against people of color that has defined the long period of the 1960s and 1970s liberation process. It has become a sustained mass struggle, confronting backlash and numerous challenges of Black people in the United States of America while at the same time developing their amazing strengths.