This article starts out by describing the famous sit-ins that happened in North Carolina. They occurred during the Civil Rights Movement. They were started by four college freshman at North Carolina A&T. What started out as a normal lunch, turned into an amazing protest for social change.
The point of this article is to argue that social media cannot provide what social change has always required. This refers to the fact that social change started on social media does give people the same feeling as a social change started in person would. Social media is not super personal. Most of the social movements seen online are started by someone we do not know. It is much easier to get behind a cause when you know the person starting it.
The argument is that the reason the sit ins were so successful is because all four freshmen who started the protest were all friends. They all knew each other and were willing to get in trouble for each other. The author says that social movements created by people who do not know each other are never as successful because of the lack of "friendship."
I agree with this article for the most part. I think that I would definitely be more willing to protest something if my friend wanted me to. I would also be more willing to accept the consequences doing it with a close friend, rather than strangers online. Protests can get very heated. Fights break out all the time. Most people would rather have their friends and family there to back them up than strangers.
I do, however, think social media can help social change. It is much easier for everyone to see your message by doing so. I think using social media can be a good and bad thing. There are ways it can help, but there are also going to be people who are so against your view. Someone must be able to deal with the negative when dealing with social media.
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