#endracialinjustice

[piscesinthedeepblue]

Think about your reasoning behind posting #blacklivesmatter. Are you doing it to gain justice and equality for black lives? Or simply to be part of a movement without any contribution beyond a black screen? Or are you enjoying captializing on this movement and these protests?

Think about what you’ll be doing in a months time and what you’ll be using your social media platforms for.

Join petitions to better black lives matter.

Join petitions to all the black lives lost who deserve justice.

Petition to defund the police.

Donate if you are able to.

Support black businesses.

Change your own mindset to being anti-racism and to imparting this onto those closest to you.

[hippo-dont-care]

Petition to stop using the word "Offended" and start saying "Insulted" example: "You insulted that person by misgendering them.", "You insulted them when you used that slur", "You insulted her when you catcalled her." End of example. The reason i bring this up (and by all means feel free to disagree. I'm a little out of it right now so i probably don't make any sense) is that people have started to turn the word "Offended" into the punchline of a joke and they use that as a way to dismiss the claims and say things like "we offended the snowflakes" and then give each other high fives and HJs like they're top shit and go on their bigoted merry ways. I don't know y'all maybe this has already been said and tried and I'm late for the party. It's just a thought i had while waiting for my computer to update and drinking work away. I love Y'all. Have a good one. Stay safe.

[mirrorworld12]

I have never despised anything more than power. The ignorance that comes with it is a killer of many. Standing within the circle people decide what will happen to all who doesn't obey the rules of what goes within that one circle. The world works differently for each of us. Acceptance is something that can not be taught. Power takes away the ability to accept freedom. Whether or not if this power is about emotions or social needs, basically it works the same for everything. You stand there feeling something that exists just for you and brings people down for the same. Those who understand the rule of nature and humanity knows that power is ruthless unless it belongs to someone who doesn't care about it. Those who are driven by this move fast but do not reach anywhere. Those who move without it become a victim but those who knows that biggest of power exist within them will be able to move freely and have a long run throughout their life. -Ayana Arora.

[dawson800]

I so sick of ill inform racist ass holes.... this racist sack odiviously does not know who he's f***king with.

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Tulsa, 1996. Photo by David Crenshaw

[trigonometry-is-my-bitch]

In the light of the racial Injustice we have seen in America, where a Black man named George Floyd was murdered at the hands of the US police, and where Breonna Taylor, a Black EMT, was murdered while sleeping in her home by police without uniform, and many other brutalities take place every day in America unto black people that goes unheard, it lifts my spirits to see people all around the world in support of the Black lives matter movement for racial justice.

I am heartbroken to watch their governments show little to no support for their people protesting against racism, when they have plenty to talk about from their unsettled past actions during the colonial era, as well as institutionalised racism which breathes today in their countries. 

In the years of 1884 - 1914, the Berlin conference saw many of the major nations of europe partake in the colonisation of African countries known as the Scramble for Africa, which set a low bar for the history of mankind. You can and should read all about the atrocities onto African people, such as the Human Zoos, or the genocides which took place under the foot of colonial powers

I ask you to remember the starving to death of 65,000 Herero people, 80% of their number. And the 10,000 Nama people, 50% of their number in German concentration camps like Shark Island. They were the first genocides of the 20th century, we are only in the beginning of the 21st. The effects are still suffered today.

I ask you to remember the Belgium Rubber mines which saw the people of Congo enslaved and tortured. Even today countries like France interfere with African politics, and are forcing 14 african ex-colonies to pay colonial tax since their independence. 85% of these countries’ national reserve is controlled by France. The effects are still suffered today.

The colonial powers did not care to make amends with the ex-colony states after the end of colonialism, which saw many african nations and cultures in total ruin. They carved up borders that were not there, grouping and racially categorising indigenous people, which saw tribes amongst the desolation of a sacked continent at war with each other, and lead to incidents such as those seen in Rwanda.

Now today you hear white supremacist leaders that accomplish nothing for their citizens, calling African nations “shithole countries”. The painting of the african continent is that they cannot develop their cultural identity like Europe can because they are inferior, and not because while they were subjugated, their culture was abolished for being unlike theirs, and surely therefore barbaric. Or they cannot create strong economies like Europe can because they are inferior, while the wealth of those european countries is built on the spoils of a war against Africans, those same Africans did not choose to be engaged in.

And in america, white supremacy will convince you today that black people are lazy, after fighting a civil war to keep them enslaved, to do the hard labour for them because black people were just so good at building roads and the White house.

It is not okay to be silent about racism. It is equally dangerous to humanity to leave mankind’s sins unhealed and conveniently forgotten, because the pain is felt every day by black people and african nations by racism which lives today just as fresh as then in the beginning of Colonialism. The effects of racism don’t go away because a government stops carving up your homeland, or enslaving your people, the problem gets passed down on both sides of the conflict and becomes a generational issue like we are seeing in Britain, Africa, America, and other parts of the world.

I live in the United Kingdom, so I call for the government to come forward and address properly the injustice done to ethnic minorities today in britain, as well as in the past. I call for other European countries to address racism in a similar manner officially, if you are a European citizen, you should call upon your government too. Italy, Spain, Portugal, France,Belgium, Britain are failing to engage the public in conversation about racism.

European Governments are failing the people taking a stand against racism and protesting. Because they are hiding in shame like the biblical adam  who knew he had sinned. If only they put the same level of energy and enthusiasm in healing the wounds of centuries of racism as they did sowing its seeds.

To start, I call for the Statue of British colonialist Cecil Rhodes, proudly displayed at Oriel College, Oxford University, to be taken down and put in a museum. In 2016, a petition to remove the statue which represents British white supremacy, was refused because “the statue was a reminder of the complexity of history and of the legacies of colonialism”. There is nothing complex at all about colonialism, that is only delusional exceptionalism born from white supremacy. It is animalistic barbarism, and failure of compassion that forever left a stain upon humanity, which at least we can learn from - in a museum. If it is indeed history it should be put in a museum.

Sign the petition to remove the Cecil Rhodes statue.

Please, share this, and do all that you can to support the movement for racial justice. Do what you can in your country.

Donate to Black lives matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019

[that-enby-who-supports-everyone]

Rayshard Brooks

Who Is Rayshard Brooks??

Rayshard was a 27 year old African American restaurant worker from Atlanta. He was married for eight ears and has 3 daughters- 1,2 and 8 and a stepson-13. In August 2014 he was convicted and sentenced to 1 year in prison on four counts, these included false imprisonment and cruelty to children. 2 years later he was sentenced to another year for violating his probation. February 2020 he spoke in an interview about life in and outside of prison. He discussed the difficulty to find work after being released and other other difficulties people faced after prison.

Who Is Garrett Rolfe?

He had been a police officer in Atlanta Police Department since 2013 and was part of the 'driving under the influence' department. He received a written reprimand for aiming his gun at a stolen car being pursued in 2016, a firearm was recovered from the stolen car later on. He was honoured by 'Mothers Against Drunk Driving' in May 2019 for over 50 DUI arrests in 2018. Early 2020 he undertook training in the use of deadly force and in de-escalation.

What Happened??

THE DRIVE THROUGH Officers were called out to a Wendy's drive-through in South Atlanta around 22:33 on 12th June 2020. Rayshard had fallen asleep in his car, blocking access to the drive-through. Devin Brosnan arrived at the scene at 22:41, time taken from bodycam. Brosnan approached the car and knocked multiple times before he opened the door. Brosnan tells Brooks that he's parked in the middle of the drive-thru lane. It takes Brooks a moment to wake up, once he does he is instructed to pull over in a parking spot. Brooks followed the instructions, Brosnan asks Brooks how much he has had to drink. Brooks responded with not much about one drink. Brosnan checked his licence and a few minutes later radioed for back up from another officer. 22:56 Garrett Rolfe arrived. Rolfe interviewed Brooks and asked him what happened that night. Brooks stated that he was dropped off by a friend in another car but Rolfe was unconvinced by this. Both officers checked Brooks making sure he wasn't armed then asked him to do a sobriety test. Rolfe conducted the test, which started 23:00 and lasted around seven minutes, throughout this Brooks appeared calm. Brooks is asked to use a breathalyser, part of test. Whilst waiting for the results Brooks said that he had been drinking at his daughter's birthday party. During the 41 minutes of questioning Brooks complied with the officers. Once the test was completed Rolfe informed Brooks that he'd had too much to drink and to put his hands behind his back. THE ARREST Rolfe attempted to handcuff Brooks, a struggle followed. 23:23, the bodycams worn by both Rolfe and Brosnan fell to the floor. A dashcam from one of the officer's cars and several bystanders documented what followed. The officers wrestled Brooks to the floor shouting "stop fighting" and "hands off the taser." One of them shouted "you're going to get tased." Brooks managed to wriggle free, grabbing Brosnan's taser and punching Rolfe in the process. Brooks turned and ran clutching the taser in one hand. THE SHOOTING The only known footage of the fatal shooting came from a CCTV camera at Wendy's. During the chase, Rolfe switched the taser from his right hand to his left as he reached for his handgun. Brooks turned around and pointed the taser at Rolfe before he fired it. Rolfe drew his gun, dropped his taser and shot at Brooks. 3 shots were heard at the same time on the video captured by the dashcam. Brooks was 18ft from the officers when he was hit in the back twice. The third bullet hit a witness' vehicle. In the CCTV footage Brooks slumped to the ground. He remained on the floor for the rest of the video, the officers stood over his body. From the video it's unclear whether they attempted to provide medical help. Prosecutors have said Rolfe kicked Brooks as he lay on the ground, and accused Brosnan of standing on Brooks' shoulder after the shooting; he faced charges of assault. Prosecutors said that neither officers provided medical assistance for over 2 minutes. Minutes later an ambulance arrived and Brooks was taken to hospital. Sadly, he later died, after surgery, due to organ injuries and blood loss. Brooks had celebrated his daughter's birthday that night. He had planned to take his 8 year old ice skating for her birthday, his lawyer said. Chris Stewart, Brooks' family lawyer, said "She had her birthday dress on. She was waiting for her ad to come pick her up and take her skating." When Brooks didn't arrive his children were oblivious to what had happened the previous night.

[thesoulofagemini]

[16thzero]

No one will read this, but here’ goes:

My view on the rage and misery currently finding organized, concrete expression in the United States is this: People are sick of being slaves. Police brutality is a symptom of a larger brutality. That larger brutality can be found in the historical roots of the United States, far before the US was a country.

Put simply, the US, its original colonies, and the so-called “frontier,” were all steeped in brutality the moment Europeans decided the land was up for grabs. Indigenous peoples of the Americas were an obstacle, so they were raped, exploited, and destroyed. Labor was needed to extract value from this freshly stolen land, and so slaves and indentured servants were brought from anywhere they could be found, tricked, and/or captured.

“But that was hundreds of years ago,” people might say. Firstly, no. American Slavery is often recorded as ending in 1865 with the conclusion of the Civil War. But Jim Crow has taught us this: You don’t need to be forced into picking crops by threat of violence and death to be counted as a slave. Slavery takes many forms.

The United States has always relied on brutality, and thus slavery, to uphold its economy, and this is true across the world; anywhere and anyone that the US can exploit, it will. Its own citizens are not excluded.

Therefore, slavery is fundamental to the economic history and the current economic functioning of the United States. Protesting and rebelling against police brutality isn’t simply a rejection of violence and oppression at the hands of law enforcement. To rebel against brutality is to rebel against slavery, and I think it’s fucking time that slavery truly, finally, totally ends.

#EndSlavery #AbolishSlavery #NoMoreBrutality #RejectBrutality

[mrsveejimoh]

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Our differences could make us stronger if only we tried to understand each other! It may not affect you personally, but it will hit a chain in your links and connections eventually.

[satandidntaskforthis]

HOW TO HELP

If your like me, and you can’t vote/donate/leave the house I have a few things you can do:

SIGN PETITIONS! It’s free, it doesn’t take more then a minute, and it helps.

Also... sharing those petitions, no matter how small your platform is SHARE THINGS!

Watch youtubers who are using profit from videos to donate. Play the videos throughout the day, it’s an easy way to help out.

Educate yourself! Find videos, articles, books, movies, podcasts, shows, etc. about racism and police brutality and anything that relates to today. Staying informed is one of the most important things to do.

CALL OUT RACISM! I know, it’s going to be uncomfortable but your going to have to do it. Even if it’s your best friend who accidentally said something racist, you still need to hold them accountable.

Share links! I mentioned this before but share links, articles, videos, etc. so people can easily find information.

We’ve come to a point where silence is oppression. Silence is violence. Posting on your instagram is a good start but it’s takes more then that. It’s those uncomfortable conversations that will have an affect.

If you have kids in the future, and they ask you what you did during the 2020 protests, don’t disappoint them

[dreamandnevergiveup]

[mamamayeye]

I feel like white women should be the most distraught with everything that’s happening to black men these days. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[old-crow-vagabond]

[akasunanovitu]

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[pepemusicbox]