Notebook Assignment #5 2k

Worldmapper.org was really interesting with the information it provided

on different topics. These topics ranged from youth literacy to meat
consumed, to even oil power. It definitely provided a lot of neat and
different information for people to look at. Since Black Lives Matter is
my social justice issue this semester, I wanted to look at some maps
that pertained to the issue. Now I tried looking for racism as a topic
and was unable to find any maps on that so I went with my next
choice. Black Lives Matter was formed because of the death of an
innocent African-American boy, I was looking for information to find out
where North American fell for the violent deaths statistics. The two
maps that I found on the website that were in close relation to my
issue were Male Mortality 15-60 years old and Violent Deaths.
What I found interesting on Male Mortality ages 15-60 was that the
United States isnt on the list for the highest number of deaths for
males in that age range. The number belongs to African territories.
This was definitely a relief to me when I found this out. We live in a
society where you cannot turn on the news without hearing about
another shooting here or another school that went on lockdown, and
even though we have big problems that need to be dealt with on our
home front, it was reliving to know that we are not in that statistic.
The next map did have a mention of North America. Again, the map
was labeled Violent Deaths. Brazil and India had the most violent
deaths on this list and North America was fourth in overall regions. This
definitely was a let down when I found this information out. This
statistic needs to change and Black Lives Matter is a driving force on
why the change needs to happen and how this issue of violence needs
to stop.