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To white people who haven't reached out to your Black friends, your silence hurts. Your silence isn't helping.
You don't want to do the wrong thing, but that silence is the wrong thing.
If you don't know what to say, find someone who does and share that.
A thread..."
You don't want to do the wrong thing, but that silence is the wrong thing.
If you don't know what to say, find someone who does and share that.
A thread..."
"But my account isn't political"
I mean...okay. You can still check in on a friend.
It may seem like just a sad news headline to you, but this is trauma for the Black community. There'a heavy emotional weight to seeing people like you being murdered for existing. Recognise that.
I mean...okay. You can still check in on a friend.
It may seem like just a sad news headline to you, but this is trauma for the Black community. There'a heavy emotional weight to seeing people like you being murdered for existing. Recognise that.
If you think the Windrush scandal is over or these things don't happen every damn day you need to diversify your social media feed.
Follow @ppvernon @DavidLammy @BlackSocialists @afuahirsch
@RedTableTalk for insights w.o. filling your feed with traumatising videos
Follow @ppvernon @DavidLammy @BlackSocialists @afuahirsch
@RedTableTalk for insights w.o. filling your feed with traumatising videos
You can donate and sign petitions to take action.
Help pay bail for low income people
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
BID challenges immigration detention in the UK https://www.biduk.org/pages/2-about-us
Windrush Justice Fund for victims of the ongoing UK scandal
https://www.gofundme.com/f/windrush-justice-fund
Help pay bail for low income people
https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
BID challenges immigration detention in the UK https://www.biduk.org/pages/2-about-us
Windrush Justice Fund for victims of the ongoing UK scandal
https://www.gofundme.com/f/windrush-justice-fund
After the headlines & the hashtags fade, stay active. If you are anti-racist be anti-racist. It is not a passive state.
Read. Listen. Learn. Act.
@BoukmanAcademy for Black history.
https://guidetoallyship.com/
Read White Fragility a small book to help unpack your biases
Read. Listen. Learn. Act.
@BoukmanAcademy for Black history.
https://guidetoallyship.com/
Read White Fragility a small book to help unpack your biases
'White privilege has left the chat'
Don't do this. Don't stand by when you see racism. Definitely don't then tell ppl how disgusted you were to pat your wokeness on the back if you didn't raise your voice. Call out racism to the racists not to the victims of racism. We know.
Don't do this. Don't stand by when you see racism. Definitely don't then tell ppl how disgusted you were to pat your wokeness on the back if you didn't raise your voice. Call out racism to the racists not to the victims of racism. We know.
Make your hobbies anti-racist. If you sew follow Black sewers like ig @pinkmimosabyjacinta
If you garden follow @RonFinleyHQ the Urban Gangsta Gardener
If you read @bg_bookclub
If you're a gamer @blackgirlgamers
Into films @BlackWomenOS
Horror fan https://www.graveyardshiftsistersarchive.com/?m=1
If you garden follow @RonFinleyHQ the Urban Gangsta Gardener
If you read @bg_bookclub
If you're a gamer @blackgirlgamers
Into films @BlackWomenOS
Horror fan https://www.graveyardshiftsistersarchive.com/?m=1
Now for some Black self care...
Liberate is a meditation app made by and for Black, Indigenous people and POC. With meditations on topics such as micro-aggressions. https://liberatemeditation.com/
Liberate is a meditation app made by and for Black, Indigenous people and POC. With meditations on topics such as micro-aggressions. https://liberatemeditation.com/
My new favourite podcast is for Black women and focuses on decolonising your religious & spiritual practices by reclaiming your indigenous practices. Uplifting and empowering conversations, even if you're not religious or spiritual. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xVdC0jBUqpzTTTU4FU7ly?si=TTsUJ1jrRtq_TJpPRtwqXA
Black Magic Woman is a podcast hosted by Mundanara Bayles a First Nation Australian. She interviews academics and they chat about culture from an Indigenous perspective @blackcardcourse
For pure indulgence head to @ThirstAidKit podcast. Two Black women discuss their thirst for male film stars. They unpack the allure of Jake Gyllenhaal, Tom Hardy etc with humour & a handy filmography for the thirst opportunities you may have missed
And here's my Sunday Chill playlist which has become my every day chill. A soundtrack of mostly Black artists who uplift me https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3Lsn7TJcJLw3QKlrWKEVOY?si=1YZtxpU_R1-pMmYuKFK9Gg
End of thread. Take care of yourselves and each other
