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3 queer Black women founded #BlackLivesMatter.

#PrideMonth starts today. Remember its roots in the uprising by Black & Latinx trans & queer people against police brutality.

Remember this as the #BlackSpring rises up against racism and police brutality medium.com/national-cente…
“#BLM is inherently a movement sustained by a politics of blackness that is, Charlene Carruthers reminds us, unapologetically feminist, womanist, and queer.” #BlackLivesMatter
#BlackSpring
“The political insurgency of #BLM evokes the likes of earlier black queer activists — lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists of African descent — who, because of time and circumstance, spoke in various tones of “how infinitely complex any move for liberation must be.””
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Social upheaval usually follows pandemics

When history books are written, they will note that the revolution came during - not after - the 2020 pandemic when a Black-led uprising against systemic injustices spread across the USA & beyond.

#BlackSpring #BlackLivesMatter Image
Protests began as a demand for justice after police in Minneapolis murdered George Floyd.

They have grown into a revolution against systemic racism and police brutality.

And also the ways the State fails to “provide,” protect,” and other mirages exposed by the pandemic.
There was and there is nothing “peaceful” about oppression.

When the oppressed and the marginalized rise up, “peace” and patience are demanded *of* them in a way it was never demanded *for* them.
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“BLACK FOLKS, KEEP POSTING. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
-Either #TheShowMustBePaused got misunderstood outside of the music industry OR someone co-opted it to suppress Black voices and engage in digital protest suppression.” - @MsPackyetti
“This does NOT sit right with my spirit & I can’t find a single source post or organizer or black led-organization that started this! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If I’m wrong, I’ll say I’m wrong.”
- @MsPackyetti
“If you post a black pic in solidarity, fine. But if you are BLACK, do NOT silence yourself for the rest of the day. NOW IS THE TIME OUR VOICES SHOULD BE UP FRONT. Whether you post your pain or joy, ALL of it is resistance because BLACK EXISTENCE IS RESISTANCE”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Tuesday’s action as per @Mvmnt4BlkLives Week of action:

Divestment from police and investment in Black communities.

This resource from MPD 150 is excellent: Building A Police-Free Future

#DefundThePolice
#BlackSpring
#BlackLivesMatter 

mpd150.com/faq/
Uprisings across the US began as a demand for justice for #GeorgeFloyd who was murdered by police in #Minneapolis. MPD 150 have been evaluating policing in that city. Their resource kit is a great FAQ on defunding and abolishing police. #BlackLivesMatter  #DefundThePolice
What does #DefundThePolice mean? What does #AbolishThePolice look like? Who do the police “protect and serve?”

This is an important resource for the actions and conversations we must have about one of the main enforcers of white supremacist and racist structural oppression.
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