obviously it doesnt need to be repeated but if one person dying can basically ruin the future for women, minorities, and all other disenfranchised communities then we really need to stop being so proud of this country
I woke up in a cold sweat at 2:30am last night with the realization that if they remade Moonstruck they should cast Lady Gaga in Cher's role and I actually woke up my husband to tell him because it felt so important
get it 👏🏾 in to 👏🏾 your heads 👏🏾 that police are 👏🏾 not suppose to 👏🏾 kill 👏🏾 people 👏🏾 even when 👏🏾 they’ve done 👏🏾 something 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 wrong 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
My sister put together a list of a few black businesses that we can replace some of our everyday brands with. This is essential if we want change. Let’s not talk about it anymore let’s be about it! A THREAD:
For those looking to be helpful moving forward, this weekend I started compiling an anti-racism guide knowing that sustained + meaningful action can lead to change notion.so/Anti-racism-Gu… Feel free to share if you find useful. #DoTheWork
I really can't shake how profoundly evil it is to tear gas folks protesting the suffocation of a man by the police during a pandemic driven by a respiratory disease.
For those keeping score at home:
The President refused to invoke the Defense Production Act to mobilize and save lives quickly against COVID-19.
But he didn't hesitate to invoke the 1807 Insurrection Act to deploy the military on American streets against protests.
To my white educators: Today, you’re posting about social justice, buying antiracist books, following brown folks, and temp changing your profile pictures. (thread)
Here’s what I need you to do tomorrow:
4. So if we want to bring about real change, the choice isn’t between protest and politics––we have to do both. We have to mobilize to raise awareness, and we have to organize and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform.