1. Consider the Black Lives Matter Movement for Racial Justice. Under what kinds

1. Consider the Black Lives Matter Movement for Racial Justice. Under what kinds of societal conditions has the current Black Lives Matter Movement for social change emerged?
2. Consider what you have learned about social movements and social change in this chapter. How has the global expansion of social media changed how people pursue social change (as compared to the civil rights, Chicano Movement, Red Power Movement, and other social movements of the 1960s)?
3. Consider each of the 5 conditions necessary for collective behavior according to Niel Smelser’s Value Added Theory as it relates to the current Black Lives Matter Movement. Give a current example of each condition as it applies to the current Social Movement for Racial Justice: A. structural conduciveness, B. Structural strain, C. growth and spread of a generalized belief, D. precipitating factors, and E. mobilization for action.
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