I’ve been signing petitions and called my representative, but nothing is going to change if we cannot change with it.

Let the stories of others into your heart and continue to speak bravely your own story.

We need a “new normal” in the United States. [MC]https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦉" title="Owl" aria-label="Emoji: Owl"> #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> https://twitter.com/barackobama/status/1266400635429310466">https://twitter.com/barackoba...

Don’t wait to sign or donate if you haven’t yet! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦉" title="Owl" aria-label="Emoji: Owl"> https://twitter.com/curvychalamet/status/1265742022599512064">https://twitter.com/curvychal...

I’ll be adding books to this thread that hopefully give nuance to what it means to be black in America.

Please add your suggestions as well!

First, a personal favorite, the novel “Kindred” by Octavia E. Butler. It is so good and there is time travel...https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦉" title="Owl" aria-label="Emoji: Owl">

This current situation does not come out of nowhere and doesn’t exist because of a few bad eggs. Our history and social structure speak for themselves. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🦉" title="Owl" aria-label="Emoji: Owl">

“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander #BlackLivesMatter https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt="">

Winner of the National Book Award! Helloooo!

“Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America”

by historian Ibram X. Kendi

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. Read the book and/or watch the HBO film starring Oprah Winfrey

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