Question 1: Michael Brown Movement

1. Who are the oppressors and resistors in this movement? (1-2 paragraphs)

Michael Brown was an unarmed teenager that was gunned down by an officer. Apparently Brown robbed a store near by and shoved the clerk and left the seen.  At the time Michael Brown was shot he and the cop had an physical and verbal altercation and Brown walked away with his hands up in the air. After Brown was shot a violent protest happened. The oppressors in this event are the police institutions in America. The resistors were the African Americans and other races that supported changing the criminal justice system to be less discriminatory against African Americans . The ways resistors reacted was in a negative way because they protest lead to violence, Justice was never Over the racism still exists.

The oppressors are the police institution in America the resistors in this movement are the African Americans. In the article “Michael Brown and Black Men” by Charles M. Blow, Blow argues, “The criminalization of the black and brown bodies particularly male one from the moment they are the first introduced to the institution and power structures with which must interact.” In other words, blacks are being picked on by state institution like the police, This demonstrates that the resistors are the African Americans because they're the ones fighting against institution. The oppressors are the police because the have the power over everyone and they abuse it by police brutality unfairly targeting minorities.