Brewster,ZacharyW.,Lynn,M.andCocroft,S.(2014),ConsumerRacialProfilinginU.S.

Restaurants:ExploringSubtleFormsofServiceDiscriminationagainstBlackDiners.
SociologicalForum,29:476495.doi:10.1111/socf.12093
Thisarticlewaspostedonlineincollectiontoasociologyforum.Asthetitlestates,is
aboutracialprofilinginprivaterestaurantsandthewaysthatitisexpressed.Itis
routinelyacknowledgedthatAfricanAmericanscontinuetobevulnerabletosubtleforms
ofdiscriminationinconsumermarkets.Howeverthearticleismostlyacompilationof
datesfromtheirexperiment,Ratingtheattentivenessandsubtlemistreatmentofwhite
andblackconsumersandthewaitersthemselves.Dr.BrewsterreceivedhisPh.D.from
NorthCarolinaStateUniversityin2009.Hisresearchinterestsare:workand
organizations,medicalsociology,raceandethnicity,everydayracism/discrimination,
inequalityandsocialstratification,andthescholarshipofteachingandlearning.Heis
currentlyteachingintheDepartmentofSociologyatWayneStateUniversity,Michigan.
IfoundthisarticleinterestingbutImaynotbeabletouseit.Itdoesprovideagood
exampleofcurrentinequalitythatblackindividualsreceivebutitmaybetoospecific.

Ross,Janell."HowBlackLivesMatterMovedfromaHashtagtoaRealPoliticalForce."The
WashingtonPost19Aug.2015.WPCompany.Web.20Oct.2015.
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/thefix/wp/2015/08/19/howblacklivesmatter
movedfromahashtagtoarealpoliticalforce/>.
ThisisapopularnewspaperarticlefromtheWashingtonpostgivingsummarydetail
aboutthetransitionofpolicebrutalitytoapoliticalmovement.Thearticleiswrittenby
JanellRossandsheisablackindividualsoherpositioningissomewhatbiased,but
overallfactualreport.Itseemsthatshedoesnthavemuchofabackgroundinthehistory
ofinjusticetreatmentbutsheisaregularreporterforTheFix,asubsectionforthe
WashingtonPost.Ididfindthearticleusefulasitgavemesomethingtobuildoffuand
gavemetheleadersofmynamesake,#BlackLivesMatterwhileprovidingmultiplelinks
toothersources.ItalsoprovidedatimelinethatIcanstructuremyresearchtoo.Inthe
articleHowblacklivesmattermovedfromahashtagtoapoliticalforce,Rossconnects
theacquittementofGeorgeZimmermantopolicebrutalityandtheseparationofactivists
groupswiththesamecause:justiceandpeaceforblackpeople.

Stascavage,Bryan."WhyBlackLivesMatterIsntWhatYouThink."WhyBlackLivesMatter
Isn'tWhatYouThink.THEWESLEYANARGUS|,14Sept.2015.Web.21Oct.2015.
Thisarticlewaspublishedinacollegenewspaper.BryanStascavageexplainswhyhecan
notsupporttheBlackLivesMattermovementifitcontinuestobeaboutpoliceofficers.
Inhispiecehequestionsifthemovementisworthitas,inhiseyes,thepoliceofficersare
beingmurderedasoftenasunarmedblackamericans.Heseesitasabackandforthwar,

unfortunatelyhedoesnotseethatitisavastpowerdifference.Stascavageisawar
veteranthathastouredinIraqtwiceandisnow30yearsoldrepublicangoingto
Wesleyanasaneconomicsmajor.Duetohislackofevidentialsourcestohisclaimshis
credibilityisnotveryhighbuthisarticlewashelpfulfromseeingitfromanotherside.I
didnotrealizepeoplewerecomparingpoliceofficers,agovernmenttaskforcetoblack
livesmatteractivistandputtingthemonequalfooting.

"TwoYearsLater,BlackLivesMatterFacesCritiques,ButItWontBeStopped."BlackLives
MatterRSS2.12Oct.2015.Web.21Oct.2015.
ThisisontheprimaryBlacklivesMatterwebsite,howeversomeauthorsareanonymous.
Thereforethecredibilityisdebatablewithoutbackground.Thearticleisabouthowthe
blacklivemattermovementisstillgoingstrongandhowoutliersthatcrashpolitical
campaignsarenotafullrepresentationofthemovement.HoweverthereisnoauthorsoI
cannotevaluatethecredibilitysotherenone.Alsoitdoesn'thaveanactualpublication
date.Yetitissomeusetomeasitprovidesmorebackgroundofhowaproblemevolved
intoamovementtoapoliticalstance.BlackLivesMatterrepresentsamovefroma
singularpoliticalorganizingcenteredonracialjusticetoanintersectionalagenda.Justice
asimaginedbyitsorganizersisnotonlyaboutendingantiblackracism.Visionsoftrue
justicemustincludefreedomforblackpeoplewhoarequeer,transgender,formerlyor
presentlyincarcerated,undocumentedorfacinganynumberofotherchallenges.These
ideologicalshiftsspurredbyBlackLivesMattershouldbecountedasexamplesof
success.Sothearticlewillbegivingmemorethingstogoofffrombutnotdirectly
informedby.