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White women kneeling during the anthem to protest “rape culture” is highjacking a movement you took no risks for. You didn’t kneel in solidarity to protest the murder of Black people, don’t co opt & make it about your victimization. That’s white supremacy in the name of feminism.
I can’t help but ask where liberal white women were when we were seeking justice for...
#SandraBland
#CharleenaLyles
#ShukriAli
#DeborahDanner
#RekiaBoyd
#MyaHall
#MiriamCarey
#AiyanaJones
...and so many other Black women. You don’t even know their names.
#SayHerName
#SandraBland
#CharleenaLyles
#ShukriAli
#DeborahDanner
#RekiaBoyd
#MyaHall
#MiriamCarey
#AiyanaJones
...and so many other Black women. You don’t even know their names.
#SayHerName
One more thing, when are y’all going to deal with your Barbecue Becky’s & Permit Patty’s randomly calling cops on Black people for no reason?
White women participate in our oppression, yet try to appropriate the language & movements associated with it.
damemagazine.com/2018/07/30/whi…
White women participate in our oppression, yet try to appropriate the language & movements associated with it.
damemagazine.com/2018/07/30/whi…
#StephonClark had a cell phone
#TamirRice had a toy gun
#AltonSterling was selling cds
#EricGarner was selling loosies
#SandraBland tail light was broken
#PhilandoCastile had a legal weapon
#RekiaBoyd was out with friends
#TrayvonMartin had Skittles
#MikeBrown had his hands up
#TamirRice had a toy gun
#AltonSterling was selling cds
#EricGarner was selling loosies
#SandraBland tail light was broken
#PhilandoCastile had a legal weapon
#RekiaBoyd was out with friends
#TrayvonMartin had Skittles
#MikeBrown had his hands up
#AmadouDiallo had a wallet
#RamarleyGraham was in his parents' bathroom
#AkaiGurley was in his stairwell
#SeanBell had just left his Bachelor party
#NicholasHeyward had a toy gun
#PatrickMoisesDorismond was outside of a lounge.
#OusmaneZongo was repairing musical instruments.
#RamarleyGraham was in his parents' bathroom
#AkaiGurley was in his stairwell
#SeanBell had just left his Bachelor party
#NicholasHeyward had a toy gun
#PatrickMoisesDorismond was outside of a lounge.
#OusmaneZongo was repairing musical instruments.
#TimStansbury was on the roof of a building
#WalterScott was running away
#TerenceCrutcher had a broken down car
#JordanEdwards had left a party with his friends.
#FreddieGray had a switchblade
#JohnCrawford was playing with a toy BB gun
#ShereeseFrancis had mental health issues
#WalterScott was running away
#TerenceCrutcher had a broken down car
#JordanEdwards had left a party with his friends.
#FreddieGray had a switchblade
#JohnCrawford was playing with a toy BB gun
#ShereeseFrancis had mental health issues
#BothamJean was murdered in his apartment by a white woman police officer whose name I've yet to see in print. Ok, press. Protect her identity as long as possible even though she entered the wrong apartment, pulled her gun and shot a man minding his own damn business.
By all accounts, a very good man who was minding his own damn business. #BothamJean earned a bachelor's degree from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas. There's a reason you've never heard of it--it's a tiny private Christian college run by the Church of Christ.
And if you've never heard of THAT denomination, well, how can I explain the church I grew up in? Imagine the Puritans--stoic, sober and austere in their worship and expression, in their decorum. #BothamJean attended one of the few CoC unis in the US, on purpose.
White people get told they aren’t welcome in a restaurant and it’s a national boycott. Imagine for a moment if our privilege allows you to, that you’re stopped in traffic for nothing, they arrest you, find a way to hit you, put you in jail, then kill you. #SandraBland
Or you’re a white person calling the cops for selling water on the corner causes this uproar, but imagine if you’re playing in a park with a toy gun, you’re a tiny 12 year old boy, cops come and they shoot you inside 2 seconds and you die. #TamirRice
I could go on for days. Imagine you are simply walking along the side walk after a “report” that you stole from a store and cops roll up and immediately find you so dangerous, you’ve got 40 seconds to live. #KajiemePowell
Today a few of my #SGRho sorors were racially profiled in PA while cleaning up a highway their chapter adopted. It's a reminder that Black women in general (and SIGMA women esp) have ALWAYS been on the front lines fighting racial injustice. I'll explore some ways in this #thread
First, some background: Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc (@sgrhoupdates) was organized by 7 teachers in 1922 in the heart of Klan country in Indiana (I'm working on a project abt this). At the time, it was known as “Klandiana” b/c it had the largest number of Klan members, abt 250K
D.C. Stephenson, KKK Grand Dragon, was in Indianapolis, where #SGRho was founded. In fact, he stayed within miles of where Mary Lou Allison, Dorothy Hanley, Vivian White, Nannie Mae Gahn, Hattie Mae Dulin, Bessie Mae Downey and Cubena McClure) would meet to plan the sorority
A group of Black students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High called a press conference today to say they have concerns that may not mirror those of their white peers. And that the media should listen. #MSDStrong
Kai says while some might feel comfort to have more police officers at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, he does not. He says it's intimidating & that black students will face most of the consequences of an overmilitarized predominantly white school.
Tyah-Amoy a Marjorie Stoneman Douglas student said conversations about gun violence have to include police violence. She asked, the same people who showed up for #MarchForOurLives--will they show up for #StephonClark? #AltonSterling? #SandraBland?
