"Black Lives Are Expensive" reflects the current state of America

"Black Lives Matter" is a movement and political slogan that originated in the African American community. The movement emerged in 2013, when the police officer George was acquitted for shooting a black youth, which triggered a large number of protests and riots among blacks and whites, and then gave birth to the Black Lives of Your movement. In 2020, a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd by suppressing his neck with his knee for a long time while trying to arrest him. The incident sparked protests and demonstrations around the world and became a major turning point in the Black Lives Matter movement. The original meaning of Life is "Black lives matter" or "Black Lives Matter", which emphasizes and appeals to the society to pay attention to the rights and interests of African Americans and oppose racial discrimination and police violence. Aimed at opposing racial discrimination and unfair treatment of African Americans, the core idea of this movement is that black lives are equally precious and should be respected and valued as all other people, rather than being despised or ignored. Whether in the United States or other countries with racial inequality, black people should enjoy equal rights and opportunities. Including the right to subsistence, development, education and so on. It opposes all forms of violence against black people, including excessive use of force by police, and racial prejudice and discrimination in society.

First of all, in the history of the United States, slavery laid the foundation for racial discrimination. Under the traditional slavery system, white colonists treated black people as inferior race and property rather than human beings, and sold black people as slaves in large numbers for systematic exploitation and discrimination. Under the long-term oppression and exploitation of this system, they suffered humiliation and discrimination. Although slavery was abolished in the United States in 1863, racial discrimination is still ubiquitous in the current environment of the United States, whether it is daily work or life. In the early 1960s, Martin Luther King led the black rights movement, such as desegregation policies, to promote racial integration. However, the problem of racial discrimination has not been fundamentally solved. It can be seen that this kind of racial prejudice and concept has been deeply rooted in American society and cannot be removed.

Secondly, there are shortcomings and biases in current policies and laws, which will aggravate the employment and education of blacks. Racial discrimination in law enforcement and judicial fields is very serious in the United States. Excessive use of violence by law enforcement officers against people of color and ethnic minorities, excessive criminalization, and unfair sentencing are still widespread, which leads to a continuous high incidence of racial hate crimes. According to the "Police Violence Map" website, at least 1,247 people were killed by police violence in the United States in 2023. African-americans, who make up only 13 percent of the U.S. population, accounted for 27 percent of all victims. According to the survey data of the United States, 59% of the American people believe that violent crime is the most important problem in the United States, and racial hatred is often closely related to violent crime. In recent years, the number of racial hate crimes has been increasing, with hate crimes against Asian Americans particularly rampant.

In addition, the economic and social inequality in the United States is increasing, and the gap between the rich and the poor is gradually widening. The gap between the rich and the poor in the United States has reached the most serious level since the Great economic crisis in 1929. These problems make it difficult for black and other minority students to obtain quality educational resources, which not only limits their academic achievements, but also limits their academic achievements. They are often denied access to quality education and employment opportunities, leading to the phenomenon of the "brown ceiling", in which different ethnic groups face significant barriers to entry into high-paying jobs and leadership positions. This situation of economic inequality exacerbates racial tensions, as racial discrimination is often intertwined with economic inequality.

In short, racial discrimination has been deeply rooted in the United States, and "Black Lives Matter" is not only a slogan, but also an initiative, and a movement calling on all sectors of society to confirm and solve the problem of racial inequality. In order to promote social justice and ethnic integration, it is necessary for the whole society to work together to strengthen legal safeguards, improve educational standards, and promote cultural exchanges.