Accountability is progress, but it is not justice. The systems that allow for Black lives like George Floyd and many others to be murdered can not be allowed to exist without reform.
Man, @heyabmg and @GL0 are holding the community on its BACK with all of the anti-racist education for the creative space. Pay them. Hire them. Support them. It’s not easy to convert our content into the creative space because people accept whitewashed content as commonplace.
(2/2) Check out the evolution of how Black people + culture was depicted in advertising during some of the most pivotal decades of our transition from post-slavery to arriving in the heart of the civil rights movement.
An insightful case study from @heyabmg about social responsibility. 2021 squares up to be a year when public-facing corporate social responsibility goes from being a trend to becoming the standard.
1/2 — What’s happening on the continent requires the force and attention of the entire Diaspora. Awareness is the BARE minimum. Thank you @heyabmg and specifically @itsfatoub for bringing this information together.
Using creativity as vehicle for social change is at core of my ethos which is why I’m honored that @heyabmg and @shftworld have partnered up to release a special edition shirt that will donate 100% of profit from sales to both #GeorgeFloyd’s official fund and @BlackVisionsMN
/Culture/ is what we aim to create, one filled with a community of SHFT-ers who unapologetically keep who they are at the center while leading the efforts to SHFT the world they see into the world they need.
Website by: @weareabmg 🙌🏽