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White people are trying my patience right now.
i thought this video was informative and super important to hear esp as a white person, so i wanted to share. check it out, its only 4 minutes
[ katblaque please let me know if you created this video for black viewers only and i will delete this repost!!]
i made it for everyone. <3 thank you.
2 cops in Australia have been charged with murder of Black men in custody. Two. Neither were convicted, one is still on active duty. The Queensland police force colluded to protect him. He was moved to the Gold Coast, promoted, given an award for bravery and compensated $102,000 for damage to his property. 28 Aboriginal people were charged after the riots on Palm. Some went to prison.
disappointed in non-Indigenous Australians who passively and self-indulgently proclaim outrage about Ferguson but don’t know anything about TJ, Doomagee, Dhu, Ward, Briscoe. Who killed them, how they died, what happened after. Aboriginal lives are still a footnote to people who live on our lands, still ignored, not even worth more than a token mention if we even get that? I feel betrayed by Australian PoC in this way all the time and I don’t know how to deal.
can i also just say that Chris Hurley, killer cop, didn’t even have to provide proof that his property had been damaged, they just gave him over $100,000 for his trouble
Black lives matter.
also white ppl be critical about what youre reblogging ive seen some wack ass bullshit coming from you guys specifically and you’re not thinking when you post youre not thinking when you reblog. apart of the journey to disassembling antiblackness in your mind and environment is being a critical thoughtful mind
my white followers reblog this dont ignore it
solidarity is not:
- speaking over black folks at rallies
- centering your cause in a discussion about black lives…
- …esp by appropriating the “black lives matter” campaign
- making black folks explain things to you
- or centering your feelings
- making distinctions between “good” and “bad” blacks/protestors
- telling us about your racist friends
- policing black anger/sadness/frustration
solidarity is:
- supporting and amplifying black folks’ work
- especially if you are able to do so with your financial resources
- actively and continually tackling anti-blackness in your own communities so black folks don’t have to (because we don’t have the power there that you do)
- continually reflecting on your own anti-blackness as an individual
- leveraging your connections and non-financial resources to support black work
- etc etc etc because there is so much more beyond showing up to rallies
white privilege is whites finding out there is a race problem through tumblr and social media and not firsthand accounts and constant real life reminders of racial inequality
White people: Darren Wilson was just protecting himself when he shot that unarmed black boy. What else are you supposed to do when someone attacks you?
White people: Don’t fight violence with violence. <3
Shoutout to all black people who are forced to interact with racist whites, especially through academia or their work fields, who have to continue on like nothing is wrong with the full knowledge that those people rejoice in the very slaughter we fear for ourselves and family everyday.
You are strong and you are loved.