Devon Ericksen

[kalia 🇵🇸 @realwizkaliaa]

Sending so much love to the UVA community, particularly the Black students on grounds. This is devastating.

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@espn I’m trying to watch the @USWNT game but receiving “An error has occurred. Please try again or contact us for further assistance”. I have used different browsers and restarted all, no luck

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@HydraNFriends sending y’all all my best vibes right now!!!

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@Mobil1 @NASCAR Let’s burn fossil fuels for sport while forest fires rage in the west!!! 🔥

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@exxonmobil It’s like… 🎵when an oil company says they want to fix the problem they created and spent years denyinggg🎶

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

hey @Microsoft, customer here. I support the push for your company to use Teams instead of taking flights for meetings - this is a great way to decarbonize and fight climate change @satyanadella @BradSmi @lucasjoppa? Read more at https://t.co/jX8vNP7Khp #JustUseTeams

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

If my mayor has the courage to speak that kind of truth to power, then I must find the courage to raise my own voice, take action, and donate money towards ending Charlottesville's inequality and baked-in white supremacy. Thank you for your leadership! @NikuyahWalkerCC

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@NikuyahWalkerCC as the nation watches the trial of George Floyd's murderers unfold, your words are a reminder that the power systems created in the days of slavery are still very much here, just less overt to those who benefit.

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@RepBonnie Every day this week I have thought “I wonder how Bonnie is doing today??” Sending you strength, love, and well-wishes for a speedy recovery from Virginia! Keep fighting the good fight ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

[No White Saviors @nowhitesaviors]

White saviorism is getting celebrated as hero for doing the bare minimum in responding to the problems you and your ancestors created in the first place.

[No White Saviors @nowhitesaviors]

White saviorism sustains systems of oppression by addressing the SYMPTOM, rather than the root cause. It is continuing to cash in on the benefits of your unearned privilege, power & protection while getting praised at the mere suggestion you’d help non-white people.

[No White Saviors @nowhitesaviors]

White saviorism turns people into projects; Trauma & personal stories into fundraising campaigns; Communities & marginalised groups into lucrative “causes”. JUSTICE sees people in the fullness of their humanity and fights to uphold their inherent dignity & worth at all costs.

[No White Saviors @nowhitesaviors]

On this episode of dangerous lies white saviorism tells: They really act like BIPOC are apathetic toward our own. That NO ONE from our communities is doing a damn thing for people in need. This is FAR from REALITY. Ours are just not the stories that get published or go viral.

[Vikas Reddy @vikasreddy]

Historians in 2050 will be writing their entire PhD thesis on specific days of 2020.

“I specialize in American history of Oct 1, 2020, crossing over a bit into Oct 2, 2020”

[John D. Halloran @JohnDHalloran]

Statement on Instagram from Chicago Red Stars defender Sarah Gorden.

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@literaryeric “Even the statement “Let’s invite more Black people to the table,” implies ownership of the table and control of who is invited. Racism is about power.” - Bernice King

[Devon Ericksen @dlericksen]

@literaryeric I sincerely hope that long after BIPOC authors stop being considered “hot”, long after they no longer top bestseller lists because white ppl lose interest, that publishers will still elevate their voices

[Francesca @LipstickNLegos]

So for a solid week national news reports BLACK PEOPLE are the hardest hit demographic by #Corona dying at disproportionate rates & within a weekend WYPIPO pRoTeStInG to LiBeRaTe the country & reopen but we live in a #PostRacialAmerica though, cool story. #MissMeWithIt

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities.

Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions.

Inequality is a comorbidity. COVID relief should be drafted with a lens of reparations.