BLACK LIVES MATTER: BLACK WRITERS AND ACTIVISM IN PATRISSE KHAN- CULLORS AND ASHA BANDELE'S WHEN THEY CALL YOU A TERRORIST

Abstract

Do Black lives Matter or All lives Matter? This question has trigger numerous debates and conversation across America recently. It is noteworthy to know that all lives matter was created to criticize Black lives matter movement. This thesis tries to analyse and compare the different mode in which certain writers express their grievance at the height of injustice and excessive killings of blacks in America. The purpose of this thesis is to ascertain how institutional racism has dampened the lives of blacks in the society and how it has treated her as an outcast. The method used in this study is qualitative or library research, which implies that all data are texts based and written words. The primary data source of this research are novels while the secondary data are from articles, journals, websites and books that relate with this analysis. The sum up of this research analyses different aspect of civil rights movement and how it promotes the activities of black lives matter movement in the 21st century. The primary texts used are The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, and When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan' Cullors and Asah Bandele. The agitation against police killings and the acquittal of the murderer of Trayvon Martin spikes the nationwide protest and this experience makes the black people keep fighting to get justice.