Amplify Melanated Voices
I am committed to doing anti-racism work. I started this critical examination several years ago, and the more I learn, the more I realize this is a process that need never stop.
I am deeply saddened by the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and realize that his death is one of countless others. That the outcry of grief around his death is three months late. And I don’t know how to come to terms with the fact that the arrest of his murderers has provided me no solace, no sense of resolution or calm. And the fact that my race, my privilege, has prevented me from contending with this lack of resolution.
I wrote this post (above & below...) after the death, murder of Ahmaud Arbery. And I don’t know what kept me from posting except for knowing that centering my experience of this tragedy didn’t matter. Since then, George Floyd, Nina Pop, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade been murdered.
And as we are seeing with COVID cases, decades of racism and inequity have led to disproportionate death rates in these communities.
Being black should not be a death sentence.
This was my original post.⬇️
Feel uncomfortable? Go there.
Feel uncomfortable? Go there.
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<Mantra>
places I’ve learned:
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice - Paul Kivil
So You Want to Talk About Race
- Ijeoma Oluo
Me and White Supremacy
- Layla Saad
Fearing the Black Body
- Sabrina Strings
Reading: How To Be An Antiracist
- Ibram X. Kendi
More: @rachel.cargle @desireeadaway @divahines @blackandembodied @moemotivate @biggah_dat_dude @blackandembodied @thefriendineverwanted @sonyareneetaylor @decolonizing_fitness
This week, and all the weeks, I am committed to Amplifying the voices of BIPOC.
I’m listening, I’m learning, and I hope you will join me in this process.
