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reading, donating, learning, processing. some thoughts (Patreon)

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2020-06-01 13:08:07
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Mirella Prinzivalli

I just loose it when someone replies “ALL LIVES MATTER!!!” to BLM. OF COURSE every single life matters, that’s EXACTLY the point of BLM!!! Sorry for the emphasis but the reactions of some people simply upset me

Mollie

Yesterday I watched a documentary on Netflix called 13th, really informative and I highly recommend. I've also begun watching Dear White People. I considered myself "not a racist" before all this happened, but I want to do more. So I'm learning and paying attention and doing all I can to sign petitions. I hope that in some way that by doing this it helps those who have been suffering for too long. Thank you for speaking up og

Connor

Feel this. I think it's really important we don't all pat ourselves on the back for sharing an insta post or RTing something as if it's job done but the fact this huge swell of outspoken support is happening is really good. It's difficult to acknowledge and accept the fact a lot of us are privileged and learning what that means followed by how we can actively make a difference and be an ally and actually DO something. We all need to educate ourselves and unlearn what we're used to. Being 'not racist' is not enough and is infact a huge part of the problem. If you're silent and assume because you're not some raging racist then you're not liable it's still being complicit in the systemic racism that exists in society and that needs to change. Starting with awareness and acknowledgment of the fact just being white makes us more privileged and it's our duty to educate ourselves and do something.

Corn

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Wouter Weggelaar

the last few days have really made me write long form text on just about everything. we're at the verge of a huge turn in society but the direction of this turn seems to be uncertain. while I really wish that all those things that are natural for me would be natural for everyone, that is also part of the problem. sitting at home with a disposable income, rage typing a message is not exactly the same as supporting the cause. I really want to educate myself on racism here locally, because all that shit happening in the US is so so far from my daily reality. I've always heard the Netherlands is tolerant. but are we? Honestly. I don't know. and not knowing is the problem. I'm happy to work for an equal opportunities company of ~120 employees with 39 nationalities from all continents, walks of life, sexualities and religions. but I'm gonna make extra sure to ask the right questions now.

Pat Chappelle

First off, Orla, well done. So many performers stay quiet because they don't want to 'rock the boat' or offend that part of their fan base that may not share their personal take on things. It takes guts to ignore the chance of backlash for the greater good. In the USA it must be so much more difficult, especially for country/roots performers whose home states are deeply (bigly) 'Trump country'. The poem (you don't say if you wrote it or have copied it from elsewhere, but I'm assuming the former) is very moving, and very pertinent, for if we remain silent then we become part of the problem. Yes, all lives matter, but to try to argue that against the very specific, and visceral, life experience behind 'Black Lives Matter' is to completely miss the point and shows a pitiful ignorance of the impact of 400+ years of racism. And no, it is not sufficient to say "I'm not a racist". As white people, whether we like it or not, we all benefit from institutional and societal racism that leads to the privilege/deprivation divide. Equally, to argue that the current violent reactions and rioting "dishonour the memory of George Floyd" make it seem like this was an event occurring in isolation. It was not. It was, sadly, just one part of an ongoing tragedy, one more "domino" falling, to quote from a typically devastating review by Trevor Noah, the South African-born host of satirical US TV series The Daily Show. He points to another event from a couple of days earlier involving a black man, Christian Cooper, and a white woman, Amy Cooper (no relation), New York's Central Park. I haven't seen it mentioned on our news, but to me it is almost more shocking than Floyd's killing. They were in a quiet, wooded area of the park, where Christian was birdwatching. She was walking a dog, not on a leash in violation of the local laws. When he pointed this out to her she refused to comply and just carried on, so he took out his phone and started filming her, something that may have saved his life, for her next action was to take out her own phone and dial 911, telling the operator in dramatic terms that she was being assaulted "by an African-American man", a phrase she repeated several times in a display that indicated clearly how she perceived her own position of privilege and superiority, and her belief in what the reaction of the police authorities would be to her act. It brought to mind the infamous case of Emmett Till, whom some of you will have heard of (Bob Dylan wrote a song about it) but others not. It dates back to 1955, when 14-year-old Till was falsely accused by a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, of flirting with her in her family's Mississippi grocery store. The woman's husband and half-brother subsequently abducted him, tortured and shot him, throwing his body into the Tallahatchie river. They were subsequently arrested and charged, but an all-white jury found them not guilty of either kidnap or murder. Although they admitted the crime the following year, protected from further prosecution by the law of double jeopardy, she persisted in her lie for another 53 years. One might have presumed that the world had moved on somewhat since those times, but if Christian Cooper had not had his filmed footage for evidence to counter his accuser's pernicious lies, he could have ended up as just another statistic, if not killed then jailed and his life ruined on the word of an entitled white woman for whom a black person's rights were less than those of her dog. While that unreasoned mindset persists, unreasoned responses are simply inevitable. And if you're going to criticise, find the right target. And please, America, come November, please dump Trump. Love to all, and stay well.

Eva Kruithof

Hey! I love this poem. I have joined this group today as a present for my birthday. Can I share this poem on my Instagram or is that not okay since you have to pay to be a member?

Rebecca Jagermond

Thank you for using your platform ❤️ I'm really disappointed in others who haven't...