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I struggle with what to say directly about the latest instances of unvarnished white supremacist violence make the news. I can& #39;t say I& #39;m "shocked" or "outraged" because that implies (to me at least) that these sorts of things are out of the ordinary, and I know they& #39;re not.
Mostly I retweet/repost/share what Black people are saying, because I think that& #39;s what any white people who follow me and don& #39;t follow the same folks I follow ought to see. I want to highlight the people who are really doing this work and in this struggle all the time.
But I have also seen a lot of people say it matters to them that white people are willing to put in the effort to make our own statements, not just repeat/repost what Black people are saying, and that makes a lot of sense to me too.
Most of what I have to say seems so obvious and clear to me that it shouldn& #39;t need saying, but I know for lots of people it& #39;s not obvious at all, so:
1 Nothing anybody could do, save possibly being in the actual act of attempting to kill another human, justifies police killing. And yet whenever a Black person is killed by police, too many (mostly white) people assume it must somehow have been justified.
2a A real portion of the work that police do on a day-to-day basis is just enforcing white supremacy & in myriad ways. Yes, some (many) police get into the work because they want to do good, many are themselves Black and Brown. Like everything, it& #39;s not totally simple.
2b But I SURE understand people& #39;s righteous anger at police, and why people say All Cops are Bad and what that means. My mom taught me to fear police for related reasons, and we& #39;ve explained to our kids why we see signs on our walks saying "we don& #39;t call the cops on this block."
3a I try to do whatever I can to be on the side of anti-racism, to be anti-racist. I& #39;m sure I& #39;m not doing enough. One thing I know I can do is give my $$. So I& #39;ve donated support the protesters directly, and the Black Lives Matter movement, and community organizing in MN.
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