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Does Facebook Affect The Lives Of African Americans?

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Facebook is a popular social media outlet for people of many ages across the world. Facebook is not only used to reconnect with old friends and find new people but it also is used to promote advertisements, natural disasters, deaths and news broadcasts. Although, Facebook is not just limited to those few things, I just wanted to clarify some common uses for Facebook. As you may have noticed, Facebook is the place where everyone goes to find out information; however, Facebook is not just used for good. For example, Facebook keeps us informed about the constantly increasing number of Police fatalities against African Americans.
Terence Crutcher was shot, tased, and killed by the police; there were many people on Facebook posting negatively and …show more content…

Because of the negative comments and opinions of the world’s many citizens, an informative piece was turned chaotic. This was just one of the many examples of how Facebook is being used in a negative manner. However, this was not the first incident to occur like this; families are still mourning the death of Alton Sterling, a man accused of having possession of a concealed weapon and unlawfully selling C.D.’s. As well as Philando Castile, a man obeying a police officer to show his identification and proof of insurance, shot 4 times in the arm leading to his death. Do not think for once that these videos on Facebook didn’t receive the same treatment as Terence. Yes, people did feel bad for these other men and their families, but there still were some individuals that felt as though these men instigated these situations to the point of death being their outcomes. All the mean and hateful comments that these men received through Facebook videos were completely inappropriate and disrespectful to these men families.
Many may not realize that their ignorance and inhumane way of thinking, pushes us further back into the past, when our current events were just a regular day to some. Facebook has become an outlet for these ignorant, illiterate individuals to make false accusations and bring insult to situations that should be take hard. Individuals take out the time to let the world know of the crisis’ that we are going through, but in return their hard work gets

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