Thread by @writerkmc, Fellow white people, instead of sliding into a Black mutual’s DMs or [...]

Fellow white people, instead of sliding into a Black mutual’s DMs or mentions this week to commiserate or ask how you can help, let’s just hit those donate/buy buttons to support community organizations, bail funds & businesses/creators

If you run out of money you can always have a conversation with any family, friends, or Facebook acquaintances who say "two wrongs don't make a right" or similar

A few links to start:
https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
https://www.joincampaignzero.org/ https://www.autostraddle.com/43-bail-funds-you-can-absolutely-support-right-now/

43 Bail Funds You Can Absolutely Support Right Now

Donate to a bail fund. We don’t have to wait for others to commit to upholding the value of Black life and materially improve the lives of Black people. We can take care of each other instead…

https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/

And here is a list of YA books released in 2020 by Black authors: https://piquebeyond.com/2020/02/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/

Celebrating Black History Month 2020 - Pique

Once again, to celebrate Black History Month, we're rounding up as many 2020 YA releases by Black authors as we can find.

https://piquebeyond.com/2020/02/celebrating-black-history-month-2020/

I hope it's clear I'm not talking about checking on friends. That's a different story. But we can be exhausting when we Decide To Help, especially if we're looking for direction (or worse, absolution) from people who are stretched very thin

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