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Black and Blue Awareness day
Black and Blue Awareness day is a holiday on November 18th. The holiday is heavily inspired by the movie Moonlight and is celebrated on the day that the movie is released. This day was created to spread awareness to the youth in low income, predominantly black neighborhoods. In the movie moonlight, The choice of colors throughout the movie represent very important themes. Two of those main color themes are black and blue. Black represents that "hard", tough exterior that most black men and women have to have in order to seem stronger than they actually are, which is represented by Chiron's latest nickname and color theme in the movie. The color blue represents the soft, childlike, and vulnerable side of them that isn't often shown, hence the quote "Black men look blue in the moonlight". The holiday is made to spread awareness for these types of children and to give them opportunities for a better life.

History
After Moonlight was released, People took the values of the movie in many different ways. Whether it be a message of LGBT+ acceptance, a lesson of drug usage, or how poverty effects a man, this movie resonated with plenty of groups. A group of students used this movie to create a movement to give better opportunities to BPOC in low income communities. This includes donating to the neighborhood and the schools, fighting to take away racial prejudice in schools, and giving better opportunities for these children.

The movement began to gain traction in the media in 2017. Students began to talk about it throughout different schools in the country.

In 2018, Schools began to hold assemblies every year to help struggling students with educational opportunities and opportu7nities to help their mental health

It became an official holiday in 2019, it was celebrated throughout the country by children and adults alike.

Traditions
Different ways to spread awareness comes with different traditions. It ranges from donating to low income neighborhoods and their schools, posting about the day on social media, and signing petitions/ messaging the local government about ways to help the community. People often wear all Black and Blue to show respect for the day and most people are known to have traditional "cookouts" to celebrate.