Black Lives Matter (BLM)‎ : poetic reflections on the Murder of George Floyd

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Literature has proven to be the best medium through which people's pains are manifested.

It is the voice of the voiceless masses in a race-based society.

This is particularly true in the case of the American society, where the unarmed Blacks have been experiencing a state of systematic racism and social inequality at the hands of the Whites in general and the brutal police agents in particular.

Regrettably, such discrimination has taken various forms such as oppression, exploitation, violence until it reaches the extent of murder.

These malevolent acts had to find a reaction from the free world in general and the American Blacks in particular, which resulted in the formation of a political and social movement entitled “Black Lives Matter” (BLM).

Perhaps, the major aim of such movement is to rebel against all forms of racism practiced against the oppressed Blacks not just in America but all over the world.

The main focus of the present study is two-dimensional.

First, it aims to provide a brief account of the rise of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement to be the resistance voice of the oppressed Black Americans.

Then, the research presents a detailed examination of the poetic reflections on the murder of George Floyd, a forty-six-year-old Black American, under the feet of brutal police agents.

Immediately after his death, a great number of poets, both Black and White, young and adult, have expressed their sympathies towards the killing of such an oppressed Black man, calling an end to the racial discrimination exercised against him and his likes.

The main themes tackled by these poets are racism, oppression, revolution and subjugation.