I watched the recording of the current events catch up with Sam Zimmerman. The first event that was discussed was a beheading that happen in France. A school teacher had been beheaded after showing controversial political cartoons of the prophet Muhammed during class. The person who committed the beheading was shot dead soon after. Protests have been taking place all over France to support freedom of speech in the country after this event. The idea of Islamaphobia becoming worse in France was brought because of this event.
The next event discussed were protests in Bangkok. These were student led revolts against the military influence in classrooms, along with the deep rooted social and economic issues. The third event brought up was also about protest but in Nigeria. These are anti-police brutality protests that are shaking those in power. The hashtag ENDSARS has gone viral in support of Nigeria. An interesting fact is that 60% of Nigeria’s 200 million population in under the age of 24.
I find all three of these events very fascinating due to the current protests happening in the United States. I think that all of these protests that are happening in different countries all over the world at the same time is a thing to take notice at. A common theme through out all three of these protest is that they’re against the government and tarted by young people. The protests in the US, Nigeria, and Bangkok are all against the police force of the respective countries and their over use of power. Did these protest influence each other? And how will each country handle these protests?