#supportblm

[thediebutterfly]

America is at the mercy of an evil, decrepit, narcissist - a dotard who is being puppeteerd into systematically destroying all its institutions, long upheld by laws and values.

His racist dog-whistling is a means to an end - distract his base from the the bungled response to the global pandemic - 100,000+ lives lost, and still counting.

He wants a war he will never win. Never again will Donald Trump or his ilk own a black body. And they have never, ever, owned a black soul.

Destroy racism. Restore humanity. This is not a discussion.

ALL LIVES DON’T MATTER UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER.

[yourbeautybite]

Supporting #BlackLivesMatter

To contribute to fighting for #BLM this post is going to contain a list of skincare, makeup and fashion content creators from the Black and Indigenous communities, please feel free to add more!!!!

Image source 

Skincare

@brownskinderm

@labeautyologist

@caveofbeauty

@skinclasshero

Makeup

@dark-skin-makeup​

@flexmamite​

@ithinksheafreak

@danessa_myricks

@juviasplace

@honey.dew.helen

@raggedyroyal

@sweetmutuals

@ivykungu

Fashion 

@blackfashion​

@blackpeoplefashion​

@blackgirlsreverything​

@mintgreenjumper​

Other 

@darkskinmagic​

@noirberry​ 

@shespeakssimlish​

@nativepikin​ 

@theperioddoctor

@earthblended

[immaculatesimmer]

Black lives matter.

So lets act like it

Read under the cut for more information.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSrT26HMWX-_hlLfiyy9s95erjkOZVJdroXYkU-miaHRk58duAnJIUWKxImRkTITsYhwaFkghS8sfIF/pub

Visit this google doc for a master list of Petitions and Donations and Information

[brokenhabitsmag]

RIP GEORGE FLOYD

In the past few days, there’s been a video of George Floyd being murdered in cold blood virally circulating the internet and social media. I couldn’t tell you what possessed me to write about this particular case but something in my brain clicked this morning when I opened my eyes; I’m alive and I will never have the fear of being brutalised by police for the colour of my skin.

The first thing I want to bring to light is the fact that caucasian police officers MURDERED someone in broad daylight in cold blood, simply because he has more melanin in his DNA. Police are meant to be a symbol of safety and help and kindness and the fact that, throughout history and in present day, policemen/women/officers have been abusing their power to make minorities feel inferior to them is disgusting. If you’ve seen the video, you can hear George repeatedly saying “I cant breathe” “Please don’t kill me” “I’m going to die”, the policeman proceeded to put pressure on his neck for 7 minutes. During these 7 minutes, civilians were trying to help George but were told if they get too close they will be detained or maced. 

“Bad people can wear uniform”. That’s something my friend said to me today whilst we were taking about it and I don’t think anything has ever made so much sense to me. The system is corrupt and that’s the reality the governments want to cover up. They give murderers the power to murder with no consequence. These people do not wake up one day with the thought of “I want to kill someone today” and do it, it’s something they’ve been thinking on for a while. The (now fired) criminal involved in the murder of George Floyd is called Derek M. Chauvin. Derek M Chauvin was a Minneapolis Police Officer. The technique Chauvin used to detain George Floyd was NOT demonstrated as a part of the departments training. Derek Chauvin was put on leave in 2011 for an inappropriate police shooting of Alaskan Native American, Leroy Martinez. Chauvin was one of the officers involved in the brutal murder of Wayne Reyez, Reyez was a latino man who had 16 bullets forced into him with 42 rounds being fired at him. Chauvin has currently got 12 Police Brutality complaints against him in the Minneapolis Office of Police Conduct complaint database. They are all listed as “closed”, “non-public” and “no discipline”. Derek M Chauvin is being represented by Tom Kelly, the same attorney who got Jeronimo Yavez aquitted (Yavez murdered Phaillandro Castile).  Derek M Chauvin. Know his name. Let people know what he’s done. Spread awareness.

Racism is taught. That is something I strongly believe in. When we are born, we don’t see colour and I mean that literally. Nobody wakes up thinking “today I’m going to be racist.”, 99.9% of the time, villains in movies or a tv show is a person of colour and young children grow up watching these thinking that this is the norm. Kids then go to school and when they play cops and robbers or whatever it is, the kid with colour in his or her skin will be coined the villain simply because this is what they are conditioned to think. The fact that fear is instilled in people of colour from such a young age is so sad, it’s something i’ve witnessed first hand. In school we are taught to love everyone no matter what but racism does not start and finish with school and the education system, it’s continued in the household, teachers can only do so much. The responsibility of educating children out of school hours then falls into the hands of parents. If you are a parent or guardian or have siblings, nieces, nephews, cousins, uncles, aunts, friends siblings etc, please make sure to educate them to be anti-racist, it must stop and the only way it’ll happen is if we start doing what the older generations have done before us and teach those younger than us the right way. Racism is something so normalised that when we speak up for those who have been a victim of it, we get attacked and shunned upon. RACISM IS THE PROBLEM, NOT P.O.C!!!!!!!

There are people out there now protesting that ‘all lives matter’ and as much as that it is true, people do not see that the reason the Black Lives Matter movement has been created is simply because Black Lives Matter. White people, whether you are ethnic or not - as long as you have white skin and can westernise yourself and hide your heritage, are not in danger as much as people of colour. This is not me saying that if you’re from ethnic origin, you are not in danger, I’m saying that if your skin isn’t black then you are not waking up everyday in a modern world in fear of your life. Let me make it simpler to understand for those who will talk their shit; if you have 2 kids in front of you and one starts crying are you going to comfort the child in distress or the child who is completely fine? Obviously the child in distress, now apply this logic to the current racism problem we have. Black Lives Matter was created by the oppressed for the oppressed and those who support the struggle of the oppressed. It is not about all lives mattering, not everything is about the privileged so please, if you’ve never been a target of racial profiling, shut the fuck up and let those whom have make their voices be heard loud and clear. People who sit there and say ‘all lives matter’ and don’t support the BLM movement, you listen to their music, you appropriate their culture, you eat their food, you talk like them, you watch their movies but you don’t want to join them in their suffering? You bleed the same blood, you breathe the same air, but if you have white skin, you are more likely to be heard, so please USE YOUR VOICE TO LET THIS BE KNOWN; WE WILL NOT STAND DOWN UNTIL EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN RACIALLY PROFILED, FACED POLICE BRUTALITY AND MURDERED FOR THE COLOUR OF THEIR SKIN IS AVENGED. THEY CANT STOP ALL 7 BILLION OF US!!!

THE UK IS NOT INNOCENT EITHER!!!! GET THIS RIGHT, RACISM IS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!

REMEMBER THIER NAMES, FIGHT FOR THEM (UK);

MARK DUGGAN              JIMMY MUBENGA          JOY GARDENER

SARAH REED                  MICHEAL POWELL          SEAN RIGG

SHEKU BEYOH                 LEON BRIGGS              LEON PATTERSON

CHRISTOPHER ADLER        RICKY BISHOP        CYNTHIA JARRETT 

SMILEY CULTURE            BRIAN DOUGLAS        CHERRY GROCE

DEREK BENNETT            KINGSLEY BURRELL     JOY GARDENER

RODGER SYLVESTER           AZELLE RODNEY         HABIB ULLAH

FARUK ALI           ADRIAN THOMPSON             JEAN CHARLES DE MENEZES 

DEMETRE FRAZER        ASTON MCLEAN    SENI LEWIS 

ANTHONY GRANGER     ROCKY BENNETT     ALTON MANNING    

MARK NUNES     BELLY MUJINGA    SHUKRI ABDI    

CHRISTOPHER KAPESSA   

[lgbtsupport]

Some Helpful Links If You Can’t Afford To Donate To BLM

Please watch even if it’s just in the background!

[michalicohen]

If you can’t breathe, we can’t breathe. I stand with you 🖤 BLM • • • • #michalisstudio #paperdolls #paperdoll #supportBLM #videoart #leanonme #tiktok #fashionart #fashiondolls #fashionillustration #art #dolls (at Bethesda, Maryland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOGBv9AE7o/?igshid=tw06ck9a7lhv

[hughmanbeing]

Happy Belated Birthday to your husband @dakotahdugan thank you for your support!! #commission #familyportraits #fromphoto #pencildrawing #supportlocalartists #supportblm #supporthealthcareworkers https://www.instagram.com/p/CCykIq7M-2n/?igshid=11n98cvkf4xco

[thefunkyx]

Non potevamo stare a guardare senza supportare il movimento, sopratutto durante questo periodo così difficile..

[frankensteinsmeme-blog]

BLM

[anewlifeanewperson]

It's the time to reflex, ALL LIVES MATTER

[theshadowhooligans]

#blacklivesmatter

http://chng.it/77PRD4HCKR

always an ally. i understand that i will never understand what you go through, but i am always here to support justice and equality

one world. one people

[aiainight]

Hi kittens!! This post is really heart and soul about you. I haven't address the kind souls who are here, quietly quietly supporting me, but this post is about you kittens, this post is to you. . I'll be creating a more detailed post about this on my blog, aidadaism.blogspot.com, however I'd just like to come here and say kittens, thank you. . Thank you so much for supporting my art, for supporting what I do, so that I can in turn, support causes that mean a lot to me. . Im thankful that you love my art, or that you support these causes that are close to my heart, or both, do check out my collections that feature the artworks that are supporting these causes on threadless, link in bio. . And it is because of you that that I will not stop creating. None of us have a lot these days, so I treasure every cent I recieve and that is why even though these numbers are not amazing, I am proudly putting them up here because you kittens did this, not just for me, but for those in need. . As long as I can make art, I will continue to give back a portion of the sales to help others like me, who are in need of help and support. I myself am not in the best financial situation, so being able to split what I get from each sale with those who need it, means the world to me. . So once again, thank you kittens, thank you so much. 🥰 . #threadless #charities #art #supportlgbtqia #supportblm #supporttrans #supportartists #indie #indieartist #aidadaism #aiainight #alchemymellow #ftmland https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeq-oXpmea/?igshid=gmj0cxpsswd8

[vintagebitchgifts]

BLM - Black Lives Matter Alloy Enamel Pin Comes with a free gift 💝 Simple way to support BLM IF YOU LIKE THIS ITEM MAKE ME AN OFFER! #forsale here: https://posh.mk/8hEYsmvtl8 #poshmark #donate #allproceedsgotoblm #blm #blmmovement #blmmustang #blmanga #blmprotest #blmotel #blmla #blm✊🏾 #blacklivesmatter #pin #brooch #supportblm #support #jewelry #blackmamba #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #blacklives #blacklivesstillmatter https://www.instagram.com/p/CC-Gy3JFSic/?igshid=1v34zs64tkyb3

[amaranthinecraft]

These lovely Murano beads were in a collection a couple months ago. What will be in this months collection? If I told you it would ruin the surprise! Although I did show a few a couple posts back. 📅📿📣 I can tell you the curator is very good at what she does! Her eye for color and texture is amazing! 💜💕❤️ This month we are putting our money where our beliefs are, and proclaiming loudly that BLACK LIVES MATTER! 100% of profit from every box sold will be donated to the official BLM organization! 🤎❤️🖤 So please help us spread the word, and buy yourself or a friend a treat! You deserve it, and you can feel good about it, knowing your money is going to an important cause!!!!!!!!! The Link for our website and Etsy sales is in our bio. DM if you have any questions! Orders close July 19! #blacklivesmatter #blm #supportblm #beadwork #beader #beadsofinstagram #vintagebeads #beadaddict  #beadcraft #zerowaste #zerowastebusiness #craftforgood #smallbusiness #subscribenow #ecowitch #vintagebeads #subscriptionbox #vintagebeadsforsale #mamabusiness #stitchwitchery #womenowned #mamarun #vintagebeading #ecofashion  #vintagebeadsupply #vintagebead #environmentallycrafting  #etsy #craft #muranobead https://www.instagram.com/p/CCoWJbWH-o1/?igshid=25ds5jnd68ig

[lemolish]

Hey! Lemol here with a new corporate decision: ALL PROFITS DONATED TO BLM. We as a company have decided enough is enough. It's time to end the hate. Starting right this moment every dollar made in this company will be donated to the #BLM movement. We will be choosing official accredited fund raisers that actually help #blacklives. I will be posting proof of donation and be taking feedback on which organizations are best to donate to. Comment below your suggestions, I've picked this George Floyd Memorial Fund to help his family to donate to first. As a small business we can't promise a big amount like larger corporations such as Target. Their goal is a whopping $10 million. However, if we spread the word of the company's change in policy to donate all proceeds I hope to reach a goal of $5,000. With the recent protests in the world, we here aboard The Cat Ship at Lemolish want everyone to know that we stand with you, and being a small business acknowledge that there is not a single item in our store, worth more than a human life. We hear you, and we stand with you and understand that being an ally is no longer enough. We must also be advocates. We don’t hate police, we support Black Lives. If you personally don't like wearing cat shirts I'm sure you know someone who would love them as a gift. Share this statement with your crazy cat people and help us reach our goal to donate $5k to the #BLMmovement Sincerely, Emily "Lemol" Shetterly Owner of Lemolish LLC Donations going to: https://gf.me/u/x4xyax Lemolish Links: ·FB page Cat lady apparel (Business): https://www.facebook.com/LemoLishApparel ·Email newsletter sign up (coupon codes, product updates, lemol gang exclusives not for everyone): http://eepurl.com/g9wpcv Stores: ·Etsy (Handmade GOOGIES blankets, quilts etc): https://www.etsy.com/shop/lemolish ·Teespring: https://teespring.com/stores/lemolish ·Shopify: https://www.lemolish.com/ #BlackLivesMatter #ICantBreathe #JusticeforGeorgeFloyd #WeHearYou #EndHate #allproceedsdonated #nonprofit #supportsmallbusiness #supportblacklives #protests #lemolish #catshirtsforblm #lemolgang #lemolgangriseup #supportblm #blmprotests https://www.instagram.com/p/CCiLcXFj_Yt/?igshid=12vqqeednkofi

[freeandforme]

I have had several non-black friends ask me, “What can I do during this black uprise?” You have do what you feel in your heart. These Jewish people decided to protest. These same people, stood in front of the police when they threatened to arrest the black clergy. I do not think they had planned on this happening but, they did something. Do what you feel is best for you. I believe even the smallest action is huge. Do not think your contribution is too small or too large. Don’t sit silent. . . #waybackwednesday #jewsforblacklivesmatter #blacklivesmatter #blm #supportblm #protest #losangelesprotest #endracism #silenceisviolence #silence #jews (at Black Lives Matter) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCHp2UTjgyS/?igshid=w8aax4l7altl