After the presentation on Wednesday, I ran across this article posted to Mike Como midway neighborhood group on Facebook. I find it interesting because the implications about Communication Ethics made about how people should interact with the movement. Thoughts?
https://cheaperthantherapy.wordpress.com/2015/09/29/guest-post-what-not-to-do-when-black-lives-matter-stages-a-protest-at-your-goal-marathon/
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And the stakes have been raised. What does it mean that it is illegal to impede another's goal? http://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/09/30/marathon
ReplyDeleteI really like this article because of the controversy that it sparks. Marathons have become so popular in recent years and happen very often to either raise money, have fun, or just run for the heck of it. Even though these marathons happen all the time people are still going to get upset with BLM disrupting the race. One thing that I found very interesting is the topic of safety they were concerned with. They acted like BLM were going to barge in looking to hurt the runners instead of standing up for "the good" they believe in. I think this relates to democratic communication ethics by "forging public mass collaboration on ideas, customs, and rights" (p.48). They are protecting and promoting the good that they believe in and in doing so, causing contention among the public.
ReplyDeleteI can understand how runners could get upset about people disrupting their race that they have trained for, but there will be plenty of other races to run if BLM decides to disrupt the marathon. The point of a protest is to disrupt a public event to make a point, not to stand on the sidelines and cheer like everyone else as they stated in the article.