Thread by @LeslieMac

So beautiful seeing so many in the streets this wknd to #keepfamiliestogether & #FreeOurFuture - last week I wrote about why these fights are directly linked to the #AbolishPolice/#AbolishPrisons fight blackyouthproject.com/if-family-sepa…

I know it is hard sometimes as Black organizers to watch communities we have attempted to engage, only to be ignored, show up in such large numbers when Black ppl aren’t the specific center of the action.

Now is a good time post massive action to make these connections loudly & clearly. To say it out loud. To say it often. To ask our comrades to say it too.

If you agree that “breaking the law” does not strip the folks entering the border of their humanity, it is imperative that you ask yourself if you feel the same about the Black youth currently in jail, disproportionately.

And once you make that connection - the next question you should have is: “how am I going to show up for those locked up the way I showed up this weekend?” This is your charge. To figure that out.

I’ve heard many people make claims that “Black justice issues are taking up too much space” or “Latinx people are too much of a focus around immigrant issues”

Never mind the fact that there are Black Latinx folks, this is dangerous rhetoric.

It buys into a scarcity model that is counter to liberation. It is anti-Black & anti-Latinx at its core. It is in fact a white supremacist mindset. “Because these people are getting something that means I’m getting less” 🚮🚮🚮

My position is clear -thess fights are all LINKED. By history, by purpose & by enemy. Our job is to ensure our individual community needs are being met not as a COUNTERPOINT to another struggle but as a COUNTERPART!

It is incumbent on us to:
1) Call out anti-Blackness where it exists, especially in justice spaces.

2) Make the critical connections between the fight for liberation both here & abroad

3) Build strategies that work in parallel with other community led movements.