Online “leftists” when you tell them that foreign countries should not be reaping the benefits of resources and wealth in the African continent while the African people and their land are being exploited and abused for it:
Ngl alot of y’all’s “activism” for the DRC starts and ends at “Apple products bad” and you fail to actually understand the complexity and weight the genocide and abuse in the DRC holds for the entire global system of capitalism as we know it today. Apple is one of thousands of beneficiaries of the destabilization of the DRC.
So, people discussing her affiliation with bigot chat rooms, slogans ("dindu nuffin"), wearing Nazi's merch, blocking girls for talking about alleged SA/pedo victims of her boyfriend is nothing if a tour sold out? Sure.
BECAUSE I DIDNT DO SHIT WRONG TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE. NOTHING IVE DONE IS RACIST. I WILL NEVER EVER APOLOGIZE FOR A DAMN THING AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE GRAVE AS WILL I. THIS ISNT THE JUSTICE YOU THINK IT IS. THAT WHITE MAN YOU THINK IM PANDERING TO AND FOLDING OVER FOR IS PATTING *YOU* ON THE BACK. NOT ME.
Normani was 16 years old dealing with racism while in Fifth Harmony.
Caleb McLaughlin was 14 years old dealing with racism while on Stranger Things.
Leah Jeffries was 12 years old dealing with racism on Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
Black children are never too young to suffer on the job, so you’re never too young to have some wisdom about racism in the entertainment industry.
Guys, guys, I just called my Dem Congressman's office to tell him I don't want Jeffries as speaker and before I was even done with my preamble, the staffer said, let me guess what you're going to say...he said he's been hearing it all day and then he asked me what I'd like to see Democrats do and had a 10 minute conversation with me. He even asked me to repeat some items from my laundry list so he could write it down.
I also called my Senator. Who has also been getting calls about new leadership.
Call your reps!
You can always tell when a non Canadian makes this sort of post. The idea that there is no dialogue about racism in Canada is a form of erasure of BIPOC Canadians and our history.
I know ECEs who can barely make ends meet. Some walk to work, use food banks and share apartments because they can’t afford a car or decent housing. To add to the struggles, the Ontario government has decided to freeze their wages. How do you ask people to care for our children while making it harder for them to afford their own lives? #onpoli