The past 10 years were monumental for black activism in the United States. But it was also a decade marked by the country's lack of progress with racial equality.
resulting in mass shootings and other incidents of domestic terrorism against people of color.
The nation is also struggling to overcome injustices such as voter suppression, disparities in the education system and housing inequalities that target people of color, activists say.this year by the non-partisan Pew Research Center revealed nearly six in 10 Americans said race relations in the country were bad. And 56% said Trump made race relations worse.
Their efforts, however, have been challenged by a growing white supremacy movement. In 2018, there was a 50 percent increase in total white nationalist groups, jumping to 148 from 100, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. The next five years would bring more controversial deaths of black people. Activists maintain that racism motivated every incident:
In June 2015, self-proclaimed white supremacist Dylann Roof killed nine parishioners at a historic black church in Charleston, South Carolina. Experts say some of these incidents were better documented in the 2010s because of advancements in technology. Police body cameras, dash cameras, and cell phone videos from witnesses provided unprecedented evidence for law enforcement officials, as well as the American public.
“There is never a reason why the police kill our black men," Castile said. "But there are a hell of a lot of excuses and we are trying to eliminate some of the excuses." "It doesn’t give the police as much room to wiggle," Bennett said of the cameras. “There’s some reason to think they might be held accountable at some point."The fight for equality also showed up in sports and entertainment this decade.
"It seems to be a social message of rejection and sort of ostracizes Kaepernick and members of the Black Lives Matter movement," Nunn said. “We are looking at decades of a setback for African-American progress." Obama often defended the Black Lives Matter movement and met with young civil rights activists at the White House in 2014. Under his administration, the Department of Justice invested in training and research to help reduce implicit bias in police departments. It also provided millions of dollars to agencies with community policing initiatives.
“Not only has he made race relations worse, but he has done so in ways that are both explicit and subtle," Nunn said.Despite making little progress with racial equality in the 2010s, activists say they are still optimistic.
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