Cross-Continental Reverberations: Reflections on Black Lives Matter and Anti-Xenophobic Mobilization in Pakistan

Abstract

Aim of the Study: The aim of this study is to examine the views of Black Lives Matter (BLM) by students from Pakistan and the USA in order to find out how modern social justice movements have been adapted and introduced in the two countries.

Methodology: Semi-structured interviews are conducted to understand the impact of BLM on social justice activism and its resonance in cultural variability and political climates. A purposive sample of forty students was randomly selected, twenty students from Columbia University’s Political Science department through academic networking platforms of Kinnaird College for Women University (KCWU) and the University of Punjab (PU), Lahore, presented the US cohort, while twenty students were from the University of Lahore (UOL) and KCWU in Lahore

Findings: In revealing convergence and divergence in how the US and Pakistani students engage with social justice movements, US students focus on racial justice and social media mobilization, while Pakistani students emphasize gender-based violence with a more scholarly inquiry and academic activism approach.

Conclusion: Significant correlations depict shared recognition of social justice movements with social media divergence. A critical examination of BLM’s assumptions concerning developing countries' common sense scenario can be considered for global social justice legislation.