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last night in seattle, two people were hit by a car at a protest on the freeway. one, diaz love, is in the hospital with serious injuries. another, summer taylor, died earlier today (7/4.) they were 24 years old

i didn’t know them personally, but i did meet them once. they worked at the veterinary clinic in capitol hill that i take my cat to. i live alone, which has been hard and lonely during quarantine. my cat got sick earlier this spring—not horribly, but i was alone and it threw into sharp relief how much i was relying on her for companionship—and i took her to that clinic in the middle of a weird time when everyone was in masks and nobody was allowed to come into the clinic with their pets. it was yet another weird, unsettling moment in a series of weird, unsettling moments brought on by the pandemic

summer was one of the people who took care of her. our conversations were pretty much all business, but i’ve had so few face to face interactions over the past few months, and i remember that summer was one of the ones who was really kind to me. they made me feel reassured in a surreal situation, and they helped my little buddy get better. summer taylor was someone whose job was taking care of others, and they died fighting for others. their brief impact on my life was something good, and i can’t imagine the loss their loved ones are feeling right now. i just wanted to share what little i know about them because they deserve to be remembered

their friends set up a gofundme here. diaz love is still fighting for their life, and their gofundme is here. and most of all, keep supporting the protests however you can

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Original post by @lily.someson on Instagram

“I’ve gotten a lot of questions asking valid things like “what now? How do we keep this momentum going?” In the spirit of that, I made this small guide for non-black people who are wondering how to sustain a long-term movement. This will be a lifelong change, and good allyship is something that is consistently worked on. This is in no way totally comprehensive, these are just some foundational options for people looking for the next steps in their commitment to anti-racism”

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huntington beach, covid-19 protest

huntington beach, black lives matter protest

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you need to sit back and analyze just how privileged you are if you get to say "i dont want to talk about or look at what's happening right now. i dont want this negativity." poc, especially black people, cant just decide that like others can. they can't just close their eyes and ignore posts and be comfortable and sheltered. theyre forced into this situation. theyre the ones experiencing the murders, the abuse, the racism, that youre so damn privileged to be able to just click away from. silence is violence in it's own way. use your voice to uplift the downtrodden instead of pretending it's not happening just outside of your picket fences.

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yes, you should feel uncomfortable. yes, it must shock you and strike to your core every time this happens. do not let the repetitive cycle of racial violence numb you to the present, daily suffering of our black brothers and sisters. stop writing and glorifying empathy and tenderness if you are not willing to extend that into practice for your oppressed neighbors of color. stand up.

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⚧ here are some black trans folks you can donate to directly. ⚧

if you can’t donate, please boost:

+ jacob’s top surgery

+ maya’s transition fund

+ black trans artist getting top surgery

+ shane’s top surgery

+ clarabelle’s gender affirmation fund

+ help black trans women artist survive

+ sasha’s housing fund

+ merci’s medical transition

+ key’s transition fund

+ gwendolyn’s transition fund

+ help luca get top surgery

+ zaire’s top surgery fund

+ ahren’s top surgery

+ financing bambi’s facial feminization surgery

+ help sai start her new life

+ lucas’s transition fund

+ help li raise funds for top surgery

+ help a homeless black woman escape violence

+ help a black trans artist with her gender confirmation

black trans lives matter. ♡ happy pride month.

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40 Photos That Give A Window Into Black Life In Chicago In The ‘70s

Photography by John H. White

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a few days ago in eugene, oregon, a BLM group organized a children’s march to allow kids a space to protest in a family-friendly manner. one of the men leading the protest, isiah wagoner, was intentionally ran over by a subaru driven by a white man. he’s been hospitalized. the man that ran him over has not been charged. would you mind signing a petition to get justice for isiah? he’s been spearheading a lot of the protests and marches in eugene and he’s very important to the community. he only needs a few more signatures! thanks!

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Keep your eyes open. This fight isn't over. We will get real peace.

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Hey, if you’re not black and can’t get out and protest but want to know how you can help black people, consider donating to the Black Covid Relief Fund which goes directly to black people who’ve been affected by this pandemic. Black People are being disproportionately affected by this virus and anything you can give helps.

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Who knows about Sally Hemings?

She was Thomas Jefferson's slave.

Called his "mistress," but how can you be a mistress when you were a slave, a child, and could not consent? Had absolutely no choice?

She bore him 6, perhaps as many as 8 children. He kept her locked in a basement room.

The room was recently unearthed, and DNA evidence has proven the lineage of Sally's children.

She was beteeen 12 and 14 years old when he started raping her, and Jefferson was in his forties. He freed the children that he had with her, but not Sally. Her daughter had to free her mother after Jefferson passed away.

This is not taught in schools. This side of history. We are supposed to consider the founding fathers as great men, fighting for justice and freedom, guided by God... when they are evil men. Selfish men who did nothing, save that it was for their own aggrandisement, personal benefit, and financial gain.

I would also like to add that Sally was Jefferson's dead wife's half sister. Sally's mother was raped by her owner, who was Martha (wife of Thomas) Jefferson's father.

These people left a legacy.

A legacy of entitlement under the most criminal of circumstances, and White Supremacist beliefs which pervade U.S. Society and Culture, to this very day.

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“I confront [white guilt] every year, about a month into my course on racism, among [white] students who come to me in tears because they cannot deal with the racism that goes on in their families or their home towns or their student residences. Their tears are the result of genuine anguish, care, and a desire to learn and to change. I confront similar attitudes among my colleagues, and I am similarly gratified by their concern. But those who experience white guilt need to learn three things: 1) People of colour are generally not moved by their tears, and may even see those tears as a self-indulgent expression of white privilege. It is after all a great privilege to be able to express one’s emotion openly and to be confident that one is in a cultural context where one’s feelings will be understood. 2) Guilt is paralysing. It serves no purposes; it does no good. It is not a substitute for activism. 3) White guilt is often patronizing if it leads to pity for those of colour. Pity gets in the way of sincere and meaningful human relationships, and it forestalls the frankness that meaningful relationships demand. White guilt will not change the racialized environment; it will only make the guilty feel better.”