Artist Daniel Rarela creates “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” memes to stop people from whitewashing MLK

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things to watch for Juneteenth

this isn’t just a “federal holiday where people get off work”, it’s a reminder that black people are still fighting for freedom this day. if you’re a student like me and can’t afford reparations, here are some films and videos to watch as a way to ensure we are consistently educating ourselves.

- Boiling Point, will be airing on the Smithsonian Channel on 6/19/21

- It’s A Wonderful Plight, all streaming platforms

- Just Mercy

- Selma

- 13th

- I Am Not Your Negro

- When They See Us

- Whose Streets?

- Moonlight

- The Central Park Five

- Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

and if you are not American (or are American) and want to know more history:

- Underground Railroad (fictional story but is based around slavery, powerful novel)

- 12 Years a Slave

- Harriet

- 42

- Selma (listed again)

- Judas and the Black Messiah

- Loving

- The United States vs. Billie Holiday

compare.

THIS is what I wanna see in our history books.

Highlight the injustice and inequality. Stop erasing it.

Wouldn’t it?

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This shook me to my core

This was so lovely.

But it’s worth mentioning that the second I saw the panel with the cop, my heart dropped, and it’s a shame that this is the initial reaction that I have towards cops interacting with POC

The fact that the notes are filled with non-Black people who suddenly got worried when they saw the cop ….. in an illustrated story.

Now try imagining how hard it is irl for Black mothers, and Black people in general. Each encounter with the police could end with our death, even if we did absolutely nothing wrong.

I think most of us deal with it—bc let’s face it, we have no other choice—but I’d be lying if I said that every single time I come into close proximity to the police, somewhere in the back of my mind there wasn’t always the thought: “what if …”

“what if today is the day” … “what if this cop had a bad morning” … “what if this cop doesn’t like black people” … “what if he thinks my phone is a gun” … “what if he thinks I’m acting suspicious” … “what if he needs to fill a quota” … “what if he mistakes me for some nondescript black man but I fit the description anyway” … “what if my car insurance payment didn’t go through and I don’t know about it” … “what if I have a taillight out” …. “what if he thinks I have a bad attitude” … “what if it was a rough day for me and I do have a bad attitude” … “what if there’s not even any cops around but a white person thinks I look out of place” … what if what if what if

Obviously I cannot speak for everyone who is Black, but these thoughts flash through my mind every single time I see a cop. Every time. Maybe it only takes a microsecond, but it’s always there. Always.

LOL. I know we may make it look easy. But yeah, it’s still there.

And even though I’m very healthy and I manage to … adapt(?) to those fears, I figure that kind of constant on/off stress has gotta be taking some kind of toll on me, right? On Black people in general. It’s like perpetually unexpected games of Russian roulette. Or maybe like the Spanish Inquisition. (No one ever expects it).

Sometimes I wonder if white people understand the constant extra calculations that Black people are doing continuously as we’re out and about. Calculations for any contingency encounter with the police. Or with some white person who might call the police because they’ve mistaken my melancholy mood for “suspicious” behavior. Calculations that white people don’t ever need to do. At least, not because of simply being in the general proximity of the police.

Nice to see that some people “get” it.

Artwork by @indaviduall on Instagram.

Let’s not allow a smaller media coverage on the black lives matter movement and protests feed your mind that this issue has been dealt with and that it’s no longer ongoing.

Don’t listen to claims of being blind to race or that it’s not an impediment in any nation if it’s not something you will ever have to face, instead lets embrace everyone and culture that we’re blessed to have around the world.

Let’s put an end to lives being carelessly slaughtered by police officers thinking and acting with rose colored white biased glasses. We’re not going to change if we continue to allow ourselves to be segregated further.

This man, Mac Smiff, has put it out there crystal clear:

“We came out here dressed in t-shirts and twirling hula hoops and stuff, and they started gassing us. So we came back with respirators, and they started shooting us. We came back with vests, they started aiming for the head. So we started wearing helmets. And now they call us terrorists. Who is escalating this? It’s not us.”

"Trials and tribulations, yeah, I've had my share"

As we come near the end if this historic and chaotic #June I indulged in a bit of disney self-care with this. Tiana supporting Elsa's June and Elsa supporting Tiana's June. The #quaranqueen is apparently checking up on all her friends lol

I debated a LOT with whether I should post anything on these topics or if I would be taking up space better used by someone else. But as my feeds start to return to "normal" I wanted to renew that support. My most known artwork is the Protesting Princesses series, and I feel like I need to show up again, and have these two Queens show up for each other. Like I said, self-care 💚💙💚💙💚

And what a day to announce that #splashmountain will be refurbished into #PrincessandtheFrog at the #disneyparks

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SHARE their names.

SAY their names.

Black ASL is a legitimate dialect! Pls don’t appropriate Black Deaf culture!! Index finger for BLACK is the standard sign for BLACK and should be used by the general population.

I want all nonblack people to watch this video, especially white people.

This is the best video IMO that displays the depth of what it feels like to be Black in the midst of white supremacy.

This is the rage that burns in so many Black people and eats at us when it is not sufficiently soothed by our self restraint and years of learning to cope with and sit with us. This is the pain that shortens Black people’s very lives, that we smother each day. This is the justified yet unjustly ignored anger we have learned to hold and to aim and to deal with without breaking (too much).

This is the fire that those of you who are just showing up on the scene are learning to sit beside.

When you ask us ‘how we’re doing’, understand that this is the real core of it, every single day, and we have had to learn to laugh, to sing, to dance, to work, to grieve, to heal around heavy, heavy pain. I don’t get the feeling that y’all are expecting nor could you handle if we answered you like this. But I do feel like you should already know how we’re doing: we’re Black.

So y’all, sit with this video for a hot minute.

Kimberly Jones, you are a warrior. I feel every moment of this, every diaphragm flex, every tenuously tempered shout. And I hope that you are taking a break, and experiencing a moment of peace, because you deserve it.

It’s pride month!!!!! 

As we welcome this month of celebration and remembrance, please remember that our Black friends and allies bore the burden for us so that we could live without fear; the black rights movement paved the way for the recognition of LGBTQ+ rights; the first Pride was a riot by queer people of colour. It’s time for us to stand and bear the burden with them. The only true way to destroy hate is to spread love and pride… BRING ON PRIDE MONTH

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No Justice, No Peace.  Quote from Emiliano Zapata

Art by Liberal Jane