Dear non-Black humxns, I, we, Black people need your help. “You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” (Angela Davis) Why? Because “your silence will not protect you” (Audre Lorde) and because “if you are neutral [silent] in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” (Desmond Tutu) If you ‘really’ have a Black friend, or if you have Black family and if you enjoy anything that Black culture produces, the fashion, the music, the memes, then say something – Black Lives Matter is a good place to start. Normalize saying it. Black. Lives. Matter. If you can’t find the “right” words, then do something. Anything. Don’t wait until another Black body becomes the next hashtag before you decide to SPEAK UP and TAKE ACTION. Talk to your friends, your family, your co-workers. Don’t be afraid to have uncomfortable conversations. Black existence is uncomfortable. Support your local intersectional, anti-racist organisations, donate your time, cook and send meals, send money, redistribute your wealth and your privilege uplift the most marginalized in our communities and LISTEN and LEARN from the experience of Black people and People of Colour when they tell
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