slnnohan:

so how many black people have to say it before you listen?

stop making blm into something you incorporate into your fandoms. if you can’t sympathize w real people, then just say so. if you want that clout off of black pain, then just say so. what are you really saying when you make blm aus?

this a joke to you? is the rioting fun for you?

are you having fun because you managed to repackage your discomfort into something easy to fictionalize?

and you’re making memes and jokes about the real life deaths of people? that’s what their lives were to you?

you show you really don’t give a fuck. you just want those likes and reblogs. this is a trend to you and you don’t want to confront how uncomfortable everything makes you.

dameestanoche:

how to be less racist

im exhausted from blocking u and sending ur dumbass posts to my friends to talk shit so here’s a tutorial on how not to be a demon. ur welcome white devil

broke: speaking for us

woke: boosting our voices

broke: #im white tag

woke: putting that you’re white in your about page where we can always see it instead of tagging the bi monthly post you rb about racism with this

broke: uwu please let me know if i do something racist

woke: taking responsibility for yourself, monitoring your own actions, being receptive of criticism even if it’s not delivered to you in a nice way

broke: distancing yourself from your whiteness by making white people jokes and talking mad shit abt other white people

woke: understanding that you are not somehow less white than other white people bc you aren’t a cishet able bodied nt man

broke: getting mad when we make jokes abt hating white people

woke: understanding that you don’t get to monitor how we express our anger abt the trauma we’ve experienced at white people’s hands

broke: arguing with us about what is or isn’t racism

woke: understanding that you have never actually experienced racism, staying in your lane, actually listening to us

broke: making racism abt you and your feelings

woke: understanding your experiences with and perspective on racism are dumb and don’t matter, focusing on people of color instead

broke: constantly asking your friends of color to roast people for you

woke: not dragging us into all your messes, handling your own beef, understanding we’re probably tired of ur shit, learning to roast people yourself

broke: reblogging posts abt racism with #let me know if this is ok to rb

woke: not rbing posts if you think rbing it would be overstepping boundaries, contacting op to ask if you can rb their post, developing critical thinking skills

broke: “yeah i dont do this” or “omg i didnt realize that was Bad and i was actively hurting people by doing it” on posts abt racism

woke: reading and comprehending them, reblogging them silently and without commentary, not trying to get brownie points at all times

broke: answering asks from other white demons consoling you after you get called out for racism

woke: blocking those racist bitches, not feeding into the idea that any poc who calls you out is a monster, acknowledging that you fucked up, apologizing, not doing whatever you did again

broke: thanking me for teaching you how to treat poc like people

woke: realizing you should be embarrassed i had to tell you this shit

emerald-studies:

“The most disrespected person in America is the black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman.”

-Malcolm X (1962)

badfey:

https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1271988007688601600?s=19

things are going down in atlanta. people have shut down the I-75 in response to Rayshard Brooks’ murder. its hard to find information on here - I don’t know if it’s tumblr shutting down the tags or what - so it’s important to share.

Atlanta officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks has been terminated

Protesters angry over the fatal police shooting of a black man at a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta marched onto the highway Saturday, shutt

CNN

Atlanta police chief resigns after officers shoot, kill black man following struggle in Wendy’s drive-thru lane

Atlanta's police chief resigned Saturday hours after a black man was fatally shot by officers in a struggle following a field sobriety test.

chicagotribune.com

police are cracking down on protesters. they pepper sprayed protesters and used flash bangs to attempt to clear people out from the Wendy’s where Rayshard was murdered by police. it was after this that the Wendy’s was set on fire

the protests are working - the officer that killed Rayshard has been fired - but no one is facing charges yet, and this has to stop. in the words of Rayshard’s cousin, Decatur Redd:

“We’ve been watching this happen for so many years, with young black boys around the country just dying in vain. I just don’t want that to continue and keep happening like that.”

support the protesters in their fight for justice and against the APD. Donate here to the Atlanta Solidarity Fund to help provide jail support, bail, and access to representation:

https://atlsolidarity.org

Atlanta Solidarity Fund

atlsolidarity.org

EDIT: the following official amendment to a statement from the US Secret Service is referring to WASHINGTON DC, NOT ATLANTA. protests in atlanta had been peaceful from the 3rd of June until last night. I got it wrong in the original post, I’m sorry.

passivity:

Breonna Taylor: https://t.co/azwAXJUFFt?amp=1

David McAtee: https://t.co/xFUsLhsbgk?amp=1

Ahmaud Arbery: https://t.co/9U05X0DHs5?amp=1

Sandra Bland: https://t.co/S7onaqtcWr?amp=1

Willie Simmons: https://t.co/ShpIYiOJti?amp=1

Alejandro Martinez: https://t.co/yps9xEUXQh?amp=1

Tete Gulley: https://t.co/CtnO2jLCYF?amp=1

Marshae Jones: https://t.co/zPalKA7xvv?amp=1

Chrystul Kizer: https://t.co/9KyXeZm4NM?amp=1

Julius Jones: https://t.co/xChUK35swN?amp=1

Belly Mujinga: https://t.co/4ubBzOzEG7?amp=1

Young Uwa: https://t.co/zTuWpWdS0E?amp=1

Kendrick Johnson: https://t.co/4tf1B9cKb8?amp=1

Emerald Black: https://t.co/A5G6OFTUSv?amp=1

deep-dark-fears:

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS 

CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS

this-tree-is-my-boyfriend:

popsicle-stick:

hi!!!!!!!

if you live in britain PLEASE take a minute to fill out the conservative immigration bill survey - with a heavy heart i say that the tories are back at it again and this survey has suspiciously slipped under the radar so let em have it boys

Okay. DON’T take this survey. It’s directly from the Conservative Party as a private instutution, it’s not from the Government nor from Parliament, and this survey only exists to harvest data on people who do not support the Conservative Party and its agenda.

Firstly, it is just handing the Tories access to your digital footprint and contact details which they can then use for nefarious works.

Secondly any negative responses to the survey can be expunged from the data being cited as Unfair Actors. They are under no obligation to disclose how they manage this data.

Thirdly all responses, regardless of support, will be counted as positive engagement, and propagandised by the government as implicit support.

So don’t. They don’t care about you or your opinions. Don’t be a enabler to their bullshit.

jakeperalta:

some uk petitions to sign you may not have seen:

• suspend uk export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to usa
• justice for belly mujinga
• battle racism by updating reading lists at gcse
• make white privilege and systemic racism a compulsory part of the british education course
• uk parliament condemn the violence against peaceful blm protesters by the us police/military
• more protection for black trans women uk
• uk government must condemn trump’s response to george floyd’s murder #speakupboris
• investigate the death of sheku bayou in police custody

aegissi:

here’s a carrd to send pre written emails to ask for justice for several of the victims of police brutality and racism

jakeperalta:

some uk petitions to sign you may not have seen:

• suspend uk export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to usa
• justice for belly mujinga
• battle racism by updating reading lists at gcse
• make white privilege and systemic racism a compulsory part of the british education course
• uk parliament condemn the violence against peaceful blm protesters by the us police/military
• more protection for black trans women uk
• uk government must condemn trump’s response to george floyd’s murder #speakupboris
• investigate the death of sheku bayou in police custody