#BlackLivesMatter
I haven't written a blog post in a while. And as much as I would like to update you all on the last couple of months of my first-year of grad school, that is just going to have to wait.
Right now in American, Black men and women are dying. Police brutality is one of the leading causes of death in young men of color, and 1 in a 1000 Black men are likely to die as a result of a police encounter.
All lives can't matter until Black lives matter.
From the mutual foundation of slavery and freedom at the country's inception to the genocide of the Native population that made the "peculiar institution" possible to the racist promulgation of "manifest destiny" to the Chinese Exclusion Act to the codified subordinate status of Black people for a hundred years after slavery ended, they are all grim reminders of the millions of bodies upon which the audacious smugness of American hubris is built. Race and racism have not been exceptions; instead, they have been the glue that holds the United States together.
– Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor "From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation"
Please join me in supporting the Black community.
Find ways that you can help:
- https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#
- Virtual Protesting 101: https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyFgY6jdE0/
- 75 Things You Can Do For Racial Injustice: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
- Petitions You Can Sign: https://twitter.com/rosiegguks/status/1266299358695141378
Places to donate:
- To support Black trans, queer, non-binary folks and Black women: https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_BDVYjiS-/
- Movement For Black Lives: https://m4bl.org/
- Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/
- Campaign Zero: https://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
- National Black Disability Coalition: http://www.blackdisability.org/
- Stream to Donate to BLM (turn off adblocker): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM
Educate Yourself:
Anti-Racism and Allyship Starter Pack:
Black Revolutionary Texts (PDFs in Google Drive):
Black History Month (Google Drive Library):
Anti-Racism Resources:
Anti-Racism Book List:
Buy from Black-Owned Bookstores:
Black Mental Health:
BlPOC Mental Health:
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ReplyDeleteThe fact that racism has been a pervasive force throughout American history, rather than an exception, underscores the systemic nature of the problem. In order to create a more just and equitable society, it's necessary to dismantle these systemic structures of oppression and work towards creating a more inclusive and equitable future.
ReplyDeleteAcknowledging and reckoning with the legacy of racism is not an easy task, but it is a necessary one. By confronting the uncomfortable truths of the past and present, we can begin to address the root causes of inequality and work towards building a more just and equitable society for all.