In the coming days, it will be vital that all of us who are able to do so join in peaceful protests in our communities.
Trump will be using every means available to reframe these protests as the work of anti-American bad actors.
It is essential the footage show the opposite.
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Trump will be using every means available to reframe these protests as the work of anti-American bad actors.
It is essential the footage show the opposite.
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It is particularly essential that we white people be seen.
It is essential that we use the unearned privilege of our skin color now as allies in action and not just thought.
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It is essential that we use the unearned privilege of our skin color now as allies in action and not just thought.
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If we do not show up, we are not only failing to stand at a time when we must, we are opening the door for Trump to reframe these protests and leverage them toward re-election.
Our bodies in the street in our communities is a narrative that cannot be stolen.
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Our bodies in the street in our communities is a narrative that cannot be stolen.
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It is beyond time that we stood in visible and vocal opposition to systemic racism and police brutality.
And that is made even more vital by the fact that what comes next will either push Trump out in November or be turned into a tool to re-elect him.
We gotta get up.
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And that is made even more vital by the fact that what comes next will either push Trump out in November or be turned into a tool to re-elect him.
We gotta get up.
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