As I stroll on TikTok, I keep seeing parents video their children reacting to The Little Mermaid trailer. So instead of focusing so much on the negative, I thought I’d show a thread of the little black kids who are excited to see their favorite princess look like them.
The crazy thing about white readers not reading about POC because they “can’t relate” is that readers of color spend their lives not relating to *anything* we read and yet we keep enjoying books anyway
Don’t let anyone tell you that these bad things happen and then everyone goes back to “normal.”
…You don’t have to be “everyone.” Stay with the grief. Stay with the anger. Stay troubled by it all. Stay open-hearted to those who grieve. Stay tuned to those working for change.
At some point, this country is going to have to reckon with the fact that a lot of white people *like* listening to racist, misogynist dickheads telling them what they want to hear.
Like, the problem is not really the racist, misogynist dickhead. The problem is THEIR AUDIENCE.
Rayshard Brooks was a father.
George Floyd was a father.
Eric Garner. Sean Bell. Delrawn Smalls. Alton Sterling. Walter Scott. Bobby Gross. Terence Crutcher. Sam Dubose. Oscar Grant. Philando Castile. Donald Ivy. Deonte Dorsey.
They were fathers too.
May they rest in Power.
my grandparents came to look after me after my surgery and my grandad told me he wanted to make me feel better, he told me he’s been painting my nan’s nails for 30 years and that he wanted to paint mine and I needed to share this. “How many coats do you have on?”😭😭