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BLACK LIVES MATTER
5 years ago
i wanted to make a post on my sites to amplify resources and voices. today is the blackout, but not for black ppl. the purpose of the blackout is for non black ppl to spread awareness about what is currently going on regarding the blm movement.
resources:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ AND https://blmsites.carrd.co/ - blm carrds with links to petitions, places you can donate to, info for protestors, missing persons --- its a great resource and one of your first you should be checking out.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....abUly2LZbfCDkg - a google docs for the black lives matter movement, contact for officials, relevant events currently going on in the US, also a great main resource.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM - if you cannot donate to any of the blm movements/orgs/relief funds for protestors arrests etc, heres a source where you let the video and ads play in the background, all funds from the ads go to random orgs involved.
BAIL FUNDS:
Instagrams of Groups that support communities in need:
blackvisionscollective reclaimtheblock
Also Northstar Health Collectives, and Justice4Jamar which you can google
43 Bail Funds https://www.autostraddle.com/43-bai.....ort-right-now/
EugeneBailFund Email eugenebailfund[at]gmail.com (541) 515-5721
More Bail Funds https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....ST2GpOoeX7YYJA
http://atlsolidarity.org/#support
currently on my art account i have a hub i would like black creators to post to so i can RT on my main and help spread visibility to more ppl. please consider posting if you can:
https://twitter.com/aliscommissions.....21276963340294
AND NOW FOR MY OWN WORDS on everything going on...
the protests and riots going on in this country has broken my heart. every day i already worry for my partner and our family. the amount of senseless murder of black people the past however many years has exploded into a demand for change. too many black men and women have died due to police brutality and their racism that has infected this country, especially once our racist president was elected and has rallied white supremacists against the black men and women of america...
all lives can't matter until black lives matter.
if you can't understand why black lives matter, a great example is if a house is on fire, you don't worry for the other houses that aren't on fire. you don't hose down those houses unaffected, and treat all houses as equal in a fire if they are not burning. this is what ppl don't understand about the blm movement--- white ppl try to make it about them and "all lives matter!" but they miss the point.
black lives matter. george floyd was murdered by a cop crushing his neck over a "counterfeit" bill whether or not that's true, no one deserves to be killed for it. but its clear this country doesnt feel that black lives matter. wait, no, not just this country-- the entire world is affected by the ripple effect here as a result of his murder. even places like the uk, japan and canada are now facing an eruption of demand for change in protests and riots. there are ppl complaining about the looting and riots without acknowledging there are white supremacists, and especially among those, the /COPS/ setting up peaceful protesters and inciting violence and crime first. there is very clear evidence of this fact, not so much in the media but on social media such as instagram and twitter where censorship doesn't exist. you may find yourself asking, why not protest peacefully? but they HAVE and they DID, like taking a knee, and still being brutalized. people are being shot at for raising their hands peacefully, asking to not be shot. cops are selectively abusing black ppl in these protests, ignoring the white men with guns. it's the racists making the movement look bad. cops are placing bricks to lure people into being arrested. they are posing for pictures in "solidarity" and then teargassing people immediately after the photo ops. it's performative and they don't care about everyone equally.
do not come at me and tell me looting is more important than a man's life that was taken, either. you are missing the point. property can be replaced and rebuilt, but the lives lost are gone forever and can't be brought back. the police do not protect us like you think they do. they are not here to protect lives, but to uphold the law. their responses of violence is a sign they cannot handle the looting problem like you think they can. the point is, we don't need police to protect us or keep us safe because they don't do it equally for everyone anyways.
and for my fellow white ppl... use your whiteness to help black ppl in these times. use your platforms to spread awareness. if you see a black person be confronted and in danger with a racist, whether they're just that or a racist cop--- stand up for them, and make sure you help when you can. we cannot deny our white privilege, we will never not have the upper hand, the advantage, of being white. but what we can do with it is help others that need it. where do you start? talk to your racist family and friends and open up the conversation, let them know what's right and wrong. remind them this is murder, that the countless lives taken even before george floyd was murder. do not be silent. do not be neutral. there is no neutrality in the conversation of racism. you are either racist or anti-racist in your actions. being silent and neutral is in favor of the oppressor, in favor of these murders.
do not make the black lives matter movement and all of the lives lost about you and your whiteness. it is not about us!!!! let black ppl speak. let them do what they need to. let them feel heard. and help them.
amplify black voices... spread awareness... because enough is enough.
thanks for listening. and do your research, please. if you disagree, fuck off and unfollow me.
resources:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ AND https://blmsites.carrd.co/ - blm carrds with links to petitions, places you can donate to, info for protestors, missing persons --- its a great resource and one of your first you should be checking out.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....abUly2LZbfCDkg - a google docs for the black lives matter movement, contact for officials, relevant events currently going on in the US, also a great main resource.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM - if you cannot donate to any of the blm movements/orgs/relief funds for protestors arrests etc, heres a source where you let the video and ads play in the background, all funds from the ads go to random orgs involved.
BAIL FUNDS:
Instagrams of Groups that support communities in need:
blackvisionscollective reclaimtheblock
Also Northstar Health Collectives, and Justice4Jamar which you can google
43 Bail Funds https://www.autostraddle.com/43-bai.....ort-right-now/
EugeneBailFund Email eugenebailfund[at]gmail.com (541) 515-5721
More Bail Funds https://docs.google.com/document/d/.....ST2GpOoeX7YYJA
http://atlsolidarity.org/#support
currently on my art account i have a hub i would like black creators to post to so i can RT on my main and help spread visibility to more ppl. please consider posting if you can:
https://twitter.com/aliscommissions.....21276963340294
AND NOW FOR MY OWN WORDS on everything going on...
the protests and riots going on in this country has broken my heart. every day i already worry for my partner and our family. the amount of senseless murder of black people the past however many years has exploded into a demand for change. too many black men and women have died due to police brutality and their racism that has infected this country, especially once our racist president was elected and has rallied white supremacists against the black men and women of america...
all lives can't matter until black lives matter.
if you can't understand why black lives matter, a great example is if a house is on fire, you don't worry for the other houses that aren't on fire. you don't hose down those houses unaffected, and treat all houses as equal in a fire if they are not burning. this is what ppl don't understand about the blm movement--- white ppl try to make it about them and "all lives matter!" but they miss the point.
black lives matter. george floyd was murdered by a cop crushing his neck over a "counterfeit" bill whether or not that's true, no one deserves to be killed for it. but its clear this country doesnt feel that black lives matter. wait, no, not just this country-- the entire world is affected by the ripple effect here as a result of his murder. even places like the uk, japan and canada are now facing an eruption of demand for change in protests and riots. there are ppl complaining about the looting and riots without acknowledging there are white supremacists, and especially among those, the /COPS/ setting up peaceful protesters and inciting violence and crime first. there is very clear evidence of this fact, not so much in the media but on social media such as instagram and twitter where censorship doesn't exist. you may find yourself asking, why not protest peacefully? but they HAVE and they DID, like taking a knee, and still being brutalized. people are being shot at for raising their hands peacefully, asking to not be shot. cops are selectively abusing black ppl in these protests, ignoring the white men with guns. it's the racists making the movement look bad. cops are placing bricks to lure people into being arrested. they are posing for pictures in "solidarity" and then teargassing people immediately after the photo ops. it's performative and they don't care about everyone equally.
do not come at me and tell me looting is more important than a man's life that was taken, either. you are missing the point. property can be replaced and rebuilt, but the lives lost are gone forever and can't be brought back. the police do not protect us like you think they do. they are not here to protect lives, but to uphold the law. their responses of violence is a sign they cannot handle the looting problem like you think they can. the point is, we don't need police to protect us or keep us safe because they don't do it equally for everyone anyways.
and for my fellow white ppl... use your whiteness to help black ppl in these times. use your platforms to spread awareness. if you see a black person be confronted and in danger with a racist, whether they're just that or a racist cop--- stand up for them, and make sure you help when you can. we cannot deny our white privilege, we will never not have the upper hand, the advantage, of being white. but what we can do with it is help others that need it. where do you start? talk to your racist family and friends and open up the conversation, let them know what's right and wrong. remind them this is murder, that the countless lives taken even before george floyd was murder. do not be silent. do not be neutral. there is no neutrality in the conversation of racism. you are either racist or anti-racist in your actions. being silent and neutral is in favor of the oppressor, in favor of these murders.
do not make the black lives matter movement and all of the lives lost about you and your whiteness. it is not about us!!!! let black ppl speak. let them do what they need to. let them feel heard. and help them.
amplify black voices... spread awareness... because enough is enough.
thanks for listening. and do your research, please. if you disagree, fuck off and unfollow me.
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