i understand the beauty in being in community w one another but social distancing is not selective and to break it to take a pic w a settler state flag is beyond me - i just want all of us to think critically about the choices we’re making during this pandemic and beyond https://twitter.com/guadalupayyyy/status/1265055970658594818

the flag for many of us away from central america helps us maintain memory/culture/identify community members - that’s ok - but it should be coupled with a critical awareness of how it also represents historical/contemporary state violence against Indigenous & Black ppl in guate

this awareness is especially important rn during a global pandemic, when the aforementioned communities are experiencing heightened structural oppression. small moments like these can have enormous impacts rn when we honestly don’t know a lot about this virus & have no immunity

to learn more about guatemala through a critical lens i recommend learning through the texts mentioned in this thread https://twitter.com/naru_xut/status/1195919480649588736?s=21 https://twitter.com/naru_xut/status/1195919480649588736