Context: The United States has faced growing political and social confrontation with systemic racial injustice , defined as patterns of racial inequality embedded in laws, institutions, and social norms rather than only individual prejudice, particularly in policing, criminal justice, housing, healthcare, and wealth. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement , founded in 2013 following the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's killer and dramatically amplified by the police killing of George Floyd in May 2020 , brought these issues to global political attention and triggered the largest protest movemen
Core: Understanding power and global politics
Rights and Justice
Development and Sustainability
Peace and Conflict
HL Extension: Global Political Challenges
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