On a climatological note: the third week of January 1987 was also relatively dry in Seattle. Thanks @KEXP for the most excellent 1987 playlist today and inspiring this comparison.
White people, the world as we knew it, understood it, experienced it, benefitted from no longer exists. Instead of scrambling for those old ways, and feeling threatened by the changes, remember that liberation is mutual. And it is a beautiful thing. #WhitePrivilege#ubuntu
Boom. This is a great example of how not to be performative when you use your platform to support Black Lives Matter.
However you fight, keep your foot on the gas.
IT TOOK ALL 50 STATES, THE AMISH, KPOP STANS, 13 OTHER COUNTRIES, WITCHES, ANONYMOUS, THE LGBT COMMUNITY, CELEBRITIES, STAN TWITTER, PEOPLE OF COLOR, WHITE ALLIES & BATMAN TO GET 2ND DEGREE MURDER AND THE THREE COPS ARRESTED AND WE HAD THE PRESIDENT & MILITARY AGAINST US, MY GOD
I’ve been getting a lot of very sweet messages about how people can support me and my art.
As always, I have a Ko-Fi set up to support my cosplay builds and that is what’s closest to my heart/what’s keeping me sane right now.
Stay safe, everyone!: https://t.co/EBFSFVLPYT
The video from Buffalo is horrifying and the only reason you know that the man did not trip and fall, as @BPDAlerts claims, is because Buffalo’s local NPR station @WBFO was on the scene to capture what happened.
Support local news.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.: "Threatening military force and imprisonment against Americans exercising their Constitutional rights is not Presidential, it's tin-pot dictatorial."
https://t.co/gedVgvGVjr
I wrote out some thoughts on how to make this moment a real turning point to bring about real change––and pulled together some resources to help young activists sustain the momentum by channeling their energy into concrete action. https://t.co/jEczrOeFdv
This moment in history could be a moment of transformation and change. Racism has to be crushed NOW and forever, and ALL people must be treated equal. It’s time for affirmative action. Let’s take our stand.
"Black Americans watch time and time again how the contract that they have signed with society is not being honored by the society that has forced them to sign it with them."