As you all know, I have always been pretty vocal about social justice and civil rights issues on my public social media spaces, especially recently after the horrifying murder of George Floyd sparked the last straw for the black community.
Black lives matter.
If you still need that explained, well you’re in luck, because the whitest of them all, Snow White Privilege, is here to do just that.
The whitest of them all is here from an alternate timeline to explain Black Lives Matter, police brutality, and white privilege to us.
Watch the whole thing, visit the links below, take a breath before you get defensive. Monetization for this video is off, though I've been a monthly Black Lives Matter donor since Trump's election and will continue to do so.
Below is the most comprehensive collection of donation, petition, and educational sites for Black Lives Matter and the topic of racism:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Please also watch this YouTube video below all the way through to donate to the cause by viewing! You don't have to spend a dime if you're not financially able to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCgLa25fDHM
Learn more about being an ally and how to avoid accidental racist behaviors:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8FJhIhhRt/
Learn how to talk to your children about race and racism, (without the F bombs):
http://www.childrenscommunityschool.org/social-justice-resources/?fbclid=IwAR37PWDJSNV3HiG5Rp9sgezRAW80UtggMrCfntubK6euibscUgsw4607fAQ
Stop sanitizing MLK Jr.'s views, he also said "A riot is the language of the unheard". Understand why they happen - and who is often actually at fault:
https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/5/29/21274891/george-floyd-cop-arrested-minneapolis-breonna-taylor?fbclid=IwAR10BnHGs_eQcC4SCi_gWTU3y1dTBoial8bpSLZNc7HEovc81d5GwMye9hI
https://soletstalkabout.com/2020/05/28/how-to-respond-to-riots-never-solve-anything/?fbclid=IwAR2GxC-dRI0hQU-b80tcJmSr9FHk4GX2HAW2C9CBCKSy822s0JBrSkjkuQw
Soooo much evidence of police brutality and racism:
https://heavy.com/news/2020/05/police-in-minneapolis-shoot-paint-porch-video/?fbclid=IwAR3bb9Cksxk7BCfPRmQuSfxQ0RKSZREWyILc8tha0hylR3_WrZz3frXa2yQ
https://mobile.twitter.com/chadloder/status/1266952661791674370
"Move or you will be dead" the officer said. 20 minutes from where I live. Walnut Creek, California.
https://twitter.com/RetiredMaybe/status/1268169533996650498?fbclid=IwAR1y6DqxGn55nnwOvdhKjxQGgnsPPpv-ME1yYeJWpxQtZL9kNRPcZoKCjBg
Where my friend and her 12 year old daughter got gassed, but this doesn't show the worst. She has not yet released her own footage publicly. She told me the white supremacists across the street, also out past curfew and heckling the protestors - remember they are kids - were not gassed, all aggression only shown towards the teens who were peaceful. My friend and her daughter were KNEELING, singing. Unacceptable, Clayton California!
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/4575594-clayton-police-/?fbclid=IwAR39KFU0ZnBIKZuaT7dEeb-_rrq4qIrb76u9dlH1Vp_LMkNpikz82xoiyqM
Cops brutalizing right after kneeling for a photo opp:
https://truthout.org/articles/police-attacked-protesters-after-kneeling-for-solidarity-photo-op-activists-say/
Destroying first aid stations and injuring medical teams:
https://www.btrtoday.com/read/featured/militarized-police-attack-medics-wounded-protestors-in-minneapolis/?fbclid=IwAR0ai0A8boMCQ4zHxwTMOIRkNhHTgDVC5BUbxAnsc_vpFwak66CYKCZoHGc
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/06/03/george-floyd-protests-police-destroy-medic-station-asheville/3124847001/?fbclid=IwAR3VF1sofYUxvbVcHwdhjpHmUGYh9mSVg9fpEXWrP0TpLPKaihbech3EpuE
Our POS POTUS having peaceful protesters - including clergy - gassed so he can take a shitty photo op in front of a church he never goes to with a bible that he doesn't even read.
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867532070/trumps-unannounced-church-visit-angers-church-officials
There's so much more, some are gruesome, and it's not hard to find the news stories about journalists, medics, peaceful protesters and even people just walking to their cars.
Learn more about why defunding the police is actually a good idea for all of us - going in, realize it does not mean all of a sudden never having any kind of enforcement of non-harm in the community it's just that there are too many of them doing jobs that should be done by another type of role. For example we don't need cops to help the homeless, or for drug treatment, they're trying to fill too many roles first of all. The version with laughs to tone down the sheer anxiety of all of this is John Oliver and he will explain it in a way no one else has, PLEASE make sure to listen to the video at the bottom of the article:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/john-oliver-calls-drastic-police-reform-last-week-tonight-1297437
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/defund-police/612682/?fbclid=IwAR27iMnNmgg-kw3iR_eN8xEZ3ONEhVvxrOHrIf5FeDHklIwPpxjoBJpCvzI
Share if you like, or only the helpful links if you prefer. I decided I'd use my old costume from my princess party company, and use my own white privilege to amplify the message to fellow white people especially. I hope you get the point now?
Also, FUCK TRUMP and the GOP members that are helping his rise to fascism. It goes without saying, if you support him, are no friend of mine.