I chose to watch the Documentary “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson” This film was about the LGBTQ movement and rights. The Gay liberation movement was focused upon by outspoken activists. The Gay liberation movement is a social and political movement that was birthed in the 1960s this movement was established due to societal discrimination towards lesbians and gays. Society wanted gays to refer themselves as cisgender or cissexual which is claiming that they are their assigned sex at birth. Marsha Johnson took a stand to use her voice, her boldness came with sacrifices and consequences. Through out the documentary a trans activist by the name of Victoria Cruz started to investigate the events of how Marsha Johnson died. Unfairly law enforcement claims that Marsha committed suicide however I believe some one possibly attacked her and killed her, similar to the attack CeCe McDonalds experienced. Again I believe the lack of effort to bring justice to Marsha Johnson and the mistreatment of McDonald relates to their race. Being a Black man and/or women in society has its difficulties when it comes to opportunities, having a voice or even just simply given respect.
In the interview with CeCe McDonald he discussed the challenges he had to face including the LGBTQ community. When it comes to being a black man or women in the world the numbers in statistics are different compared to other races. I gained knowledge in the fact that 47% of people in the juvenile system are transgender and 60% are people of color. This is clear evidence of injustice and unfair treatment , not only are they pushed towards imprisonment but they are also striped away from the access of medical care. If this continues so will death and violence.
Hey Kiara, something I noticed is that statistics can be “twisted” to portray a specific idea. The government often shows that the rate of crime in African American and Latin communities is higher, but clearly that’s because there is a higher conviction rate and patrol. But something that you said that is very powerful is that as a result of what I previously stated, is that African Americans largely make up prisons which comes to show the systematic racial injustice.