BREAKING: The Supreme Court has taken away our right to abortion and overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the floodgates for states across the country to ban abortion.
The court has failed us all — but this is far from over. ⤵
When countless citizens lost voting rights to criminal offenses over marijuana possession, a White man trespasses onto the lawmaking chambers of the supposed free nation and lights a joint to parade his privilege. Read that as many times as you need to.
Biden won, but please don’t use this as a way to suddenly drop all the work you’ve been doing. Black lives still matter. Indigenous people still need their land back. LGBTQ people still need tons of help as well. This isn’t over.
BREAKING: A grand jury indicts Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan on malice and felony murder charges in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, district attorney says.
Elijah’s last words were: “I’m an introvert. I’m just different that’s all. I’m so sorry. I don’t have a gun. I don’t do that stuff...All I was trying to do was become better. I’ll do it...You all are phenomenal. You are beautiful. And I love you. Try to forgive me. I’m sorry.”
RIP to Nigel Shelby. At 15 he took his own life due to constant horrific bullying for being gay. His school IGNORED his cries for help. He deserved to be loved & appreciated. When you say #BlackLivesMatter don’t forget the LGBT ones.
Black lives matter even if they do resist arrest. Black lives matter even if they did commit a crime. Black lives matter even if they disrespect the cop. Black lives do not matter conditionally. Black lives matter, period. All of them.
Rt’ing this because I feel like black people that die of police brutality are becoming nothing more than hashtags and I feel like we need reminders that these are real humans with real families and real emotions.