

This research questions interests me because the 21st century is a time period of great cultural hegemony and social angst, in the sense that the glasses of ideology are more permanently attached. This research question does not really affect my values, but it does affect me personally due to me living in the USA during this time of great social unrest; hence, it's quite interesting to watch and analyze. My only personal experience with this topic is watching the precursor event, occupy wall street, unfold itself in NYC, but I have never personally been to a BLM protest. The only thing that makes me qualified to write about this is the fact that I have experience in Marxist analysis. Any movement that so "prides" itself on fighting back oppression would have to pass the litmus test of Marxism. Therefore, effectively with this research project, I wish to explore the racial exploitation element of Capitalism through the interface of the black lives matter movement. The reasoning for choosing the BLM movement as point of discussion rather than something like the black panthers is because the BLM movement is relevant for 2015. The movement is like a volcano filled with social tensions ready to erupt; due to this, one must make haste in the analysis of such a movement before it does erupt.

This research question is arguable because a lot of individuals would like to think about BLM as a useless movement that is cancerous to the left, but I would like to say that BLM is a eruption of class and racial angst that can lead to something better. Effectively, I'm not arguing for the BLM movement as "the end all be all", rather it's the intermediate before the "end all be all". The agreements and disagreements in my sources are usually disagreements in the nature of the BLM movement in itself; hence, some would see the movement as reaching it's final form and having nothing to offer. Some would see BLM as a movement that could lead to something much more. The different perspectives of my source are needed in order for my view to be a synthesis of theoreticals, practical applications, and argumentative pieces.

The major claim of the first article is that black lives matter has it's roots, as a movement, in various socialist microcosms of uprisings such as occupy wall street. The major evidence used by this article is various real life events like Occupy, Obama's presidency, and Ferguson.The Major values of the Author are rooted in trying to convince the reader that black lives matter is a genuine socialist movement that is not rooted in identity politics. So, the major interest at stake for the article is the credibility of the BLM to leftists. .The author of this article is Khury smith. He's only credible in regards to his practical experience of being a BLM activist himself; therefore, he should have some good practical knowledge on the movement. However, his fervent evangelizing of the movement through the article, little regard is given to the rhetoric of those who would oppose the movement.

The central claim of the second article is that ideology being exported by the American media brings about a negative connotation of blacks in America. The major evidence used by this article is statistical in nature, statistics that does not wish to show an absolute correlation but a good enough "tipping of the scale" to show that American media portrays blacks in a negative light.The major values for the authors of this article is perhaps rooted in ideology as a function that influences one's thoughts rather than implanting ideas in one's head directly. For this reason, it can be said ideology is so hard to detect because it works at such a sublime level. The article does not really display obvious bias because it's an informative article; therefore, the article is not really bound to making a "true" analysis on the statistical data it presents. The authors are credible in the topic due to them being graduate students or professors in the department of business advertising.

The claim of the third article is that Capitalism is not "inherently" racist because it's some kind of evil force. Rather, Capitalism uses racism as a tool in order to cheapen labor by creating a false dichotomy between black workers and white workers. For example, a capitalist may use black workers in order to tell white workers that they are special, regardless of their hourly wage compared to blacks. The major values of this article is rooted directly in convincing the reader that racism is not some inherent "evil" property related to humans, white people in this case. The article wishes to espouse that the capitalist class sows the seeds of hate and racism within the white workers in order to push their own agendas of artificial labor "scarcity".The author is credible on the topics because he has a PHD in sociology from the University of Texas. The sociology degree is important because a sociologist is someone who directly deals with social problems as a profession. The bias of the author is obvious in regards to his Marxist leanings during the entire article.

