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Black kids deserve to be treated like kids.

Black kids deserve to be able to grow up at their own pace instead of being held to adult standards as children.

Black kids deserve to grow up without fear that white adults will somehow feel “threatened” by them and make them suffer for it.

Black kids deserve a safe place to unload their thoughts and feelings without being belittled or punished for it.

Black kids deserve a support system.

Black kids deserve to be taken seriously.

Black kids deserve to take up space.

Here’s the article in question for anyone that wants to read it

Black Lives STILL Matter.

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Banners to shut up idiots with white fragility

No credit needed, just please reblog so others can see

…and, at the time of his death, he was one of the most hated people in the USA.

The FBI sent him a letter trying to convince him to commit suicide. Don’t let this revisionist bullshit slide. The things they say now about protests, kneeling, etc, are the same things they said about the sit-ins and marches.

respectability politics is a trap.

respectability politics is a trap.

respectability politics is a trap.

Look at this vintage political cartoon. Reactions to MLK and BLM are near identical.

if you want to help bail out protesters but don’t know where to send your money — act blue put together a secure page that will split your donation between 30+ bail funds across the US

The first pride was a riot, more specifically a riot against police violence. Trans women of colour like Marsha P. Johnson paved the way for the celebration of pride today. You cannot celebrate your pride this month, or any month if you aren’t also supporting Black Lives Matter and the riots going on against police violence right now. Us white LGBTQ+ need to stand up for our black siblings and their rights, their struggles. We need to amplify their voices and show any support we can.Hey! Better yet, reblog this version:

Extensive BLM Google doc including places to donate to, education resources, etc

List of 75 things white people can do right now

Simple way to donate to the cause if you have no money to

HAZEL LEVESQUE HAS A MESSAGE FOR YOU

a request I received from a lovely friend of mine, who’s a black activist and part of the pjo fandom. I’ll put the links for petitions and infos down below, and I hope this helps spreading the message

blm site

ways to help

emerald black | eric logan | george floyd | julius jones | joão pedro | jennifer jeffley | belly mujinga | tony mcdade | amiya braxton | willie simmons

thread with more petitions 

Resource is from victoriaalxndr on Twitter!

I wanted to draw something to show support for BLM, and it was an easy decision for me to draw Miles. The quote is from Stan Lee, written over 50 years ago in 1968, and it’s still (sadly) just as relevant today.

Keep fighting, keep protesting, keep making noise. Don’t let this go away. No justice, no peace. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

There needs to be change, and the change needs to happen now.

(gonna be painting pride stuff all month, but this one is the most important)

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

BLACK LIVES MATTER. YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW. @ noturjacky on IG

so direct action is not an option available to you. what can you do right now instead?

Be mindful of the content you’re putting on your social media accounts. Stop retweeting/reposting violent images and videos of black people dying. Know that content like this, even with trigger warnings included, can be very emotionally disturbing/distressing and yes, even traumatic, for black people navigating the internet right now.

Report any images and videos you see where protestors’ faces are visible/unblurred, particularly in content surrounding the lootings. Don’t retweet or repost these images and videos. This can be a death sentence. 

DONATE, PARTICULARLY TO MINNESOTA-BASED BLACK YOUTH MOVEMENTS / MUTUAL AID FUNDS WHO ARE DOING WORK ON THE GROUND. FOLLOW/BOOST IF YOU CAN’T.

• The Minnesota Freedom Fund, a mutual aid group fighting back against the unjust MN bail system, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• The Black Visions Collective, a Minnesota-based freedom fighter organization creating campaigns for justice, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Reclaim the Block, a coalition to demand that Minneapolis divest from policing, is taking donations. (Twitter)

• Crowdfunding for black trans people in need thread. 

• Comprehensive Minnesota bail fund/support document for May and June.

A Memorial Fund created by George Floyd’s sister is here.

Hey so MFF has asked people to switch over where they’re donating due to the flood of support, link to the links here

I’m gonna add the Lake Street Council onto here. For those who don’t know, Lake Street is the street where a lot of businesses have been vandalized/looted/burned, and although the media’s been paying a lot of attention to the chain stores that have been affected, there’s a ton of small, independent, largely immigrant-owned businesses along that street. They were already suffering due to the pandemic, and replacing broken windows, cleaning off graffiti, and/or dealing with damage from water or fire or looters is an expense that a lot of them will have a hard time coming back from.

I can vouch for the Lake Street Council being a big supporter of those independent businesses (and not, say, Target, which will be fine, jeez, they’ve been making money hand over foot during this pandemic).

Donation link here