To help the oppressed is not to be oppressed as well, it is to see others being oppressed and be offended that others do not think that YOU as well are being equally oppressed is the wrong idea of equality. The idea is for the oppressed to reach justice, and the oppressors and offenders to reach accountability.
Your life holds value, but your life is not at stake. #BLACKLIVESMATTER. Racism is still very prevalent, it doesn’t need to be the 1850’s for you to believe that there is still racism. Even things such as racism, and hate, evolve and just because you don’t see the white man holding a black man by a leash as if he were a pet doesn’t mean that the way people are being targeted for “looking suspicious” based on a pulled up hood isn’t racism or over hearing a cop say “finding a black man in Utah is like finding a pot of gold; And they’re most likely getting pulled over”. Quit expecting things to be so hideously heinous for you to believe that it is real, especially when it already is. #ICANTBREATHE. Diminishing racism isn’t eradicating racism.
1 in 1,000 black men and boys can expect to die as the result of police brutality. Thats 2.5 times higher than their white peers. With cases like Tamir Rice, who was shot for a toy gun at a park, prejudice. Michael Brown, who died being shot at multiple times, after stating he was unarmed. A “botched” arrest. Eric Garner, who died by being choked over a “botched” arrest over untaxed cigarettes, and now George Floyd recently added to that list over a “bad” check and another “botched” arrest as they would like to call it.
Time and time again it is put off as a “botched arrest” or the basic victim blaming. “If he did this”, “if he had complied”, “but what if they actually were bad..” when they know there is no excuse. No excuse for a person to be killed during an arrest, if you want peaceful protest then hold the police accountable for their violent arrests. Black people are held with a “bring in dead or alive” arrest while their white peers can be handled peacefully. The matter of the fact is that these officers act on racist prejudice and power trips. Power trips based on knowing the system is on their side, prejudice based on stereotypes and cycles dating back centuries that have yet to be fully broken. To hear the name time and time again and still be able to only say “but, you heard about the black guy right?”, “You know that black guy?” you prove that the system is broken; when you forget the name, you excuse the crime.
The blatant racism, of our disgustingly entitled officers and white suburban moms who think they have the right to know why, what, when and where of every colored man walking within 5 feet of them with nothing suspicious but the skin on their bones, the police officers who mark black as the crime, those who mark language as a threat and those who turn their face to the already too long list of names, out cries for justice that have gone unheard for the country. Each name another protest call, until there is change.
The reality of it is that it is not about whether it is all cops or not, it is the reality of no higher power being held accountable for crimes against their people. Whether or not those in the position to hold those accountable, do actually hold them accountable; or wait for the outcries to make excuses. Protests that turn riot are not the problem, letting the issue get that far is. Ignoring the fact that the system is creating the riots, turning them violent to silence us. The reality of it is that the system is blatantly racist and isn’t afraid to show it nor silence you in the wake of it.
Being blind is still contributing to the problem, there are ways to help, ways to change.
petitions to sign:
https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear-justice-for-breonna-taylor
groups/sites to join&follow:
NAACP
bail fund help:
Atlanta – https://actionnetwork.org/groups/atlanta-solidarity-fund
http://atlsolidarity.org/
Austin – https://reparation.atlas.thrinacia.com/campaign/24/400-1-bail-fund
Baltimore https://www.baltimoreactionlegal.org/community-bail-fund
Bay Area (San Fran, Oakland, San Jose, Vallejo, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Oakley) https://rally.org/ARCbailfund
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/ncrbailfund
Birmingham & Hoover, AL Venmo @ Starrobb CashApp $StarRobb
Brooklyn – https://brooklynbailfund.org/donation-form
Boston – https://www.massbailfund.org/
Buffalo NY https://fundrazr.com/11fcAd
Charleston South Carolina https://www.gofundme.com/f/charleston-sc-protestor-bail-fund
Charlotte – Cash App: $WereStillHere Venmo: ResistanceisBeautiful Call: (980) 224-2097 bail support
PAYPAL = NCFreedomfund@gmail.com CashApp = NcFreedomfund
Chattanooga http://www.calebcha.org/donate.html
Chicago – https://chicagobond.org/donate/
Cincinnati Ohio https://www.givelify.com/givenow/1.0/NTU5MjE=/selection
Cleveland – BLM Cleveland https://www.paypal.me/blmcle
Colorado – https://fundly.com/coloradofreedom
https://www.coloradogives.org/blacklivesmatter5280
Columbia, SC: Cash app/Venmo sodacitybail | 803-602-4589
Columbus – https://www.paypal.me/columbusfreedomfund
Connecticut http://www.ctbailfund.org/donate
Dallas- https://faithintx.org/bailfund/
https://svpdallas.z2systems.com/np/clients/svpdallas/donation.jsp
Denver – https://fundly.com/coloradofreedom
Des Moines – https://communitybondproject.networkforgood.com/projects/101939-free-our-protesters
Detroit – https://www.detroitjustice.org/the-bail-project
Fargo & Morehead North Dakota https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8oLGbaaeqf
Florida: https://www.lgbtqfund.org/donate-1 ← posting for all individuals, focus on LGBTQ
Grand Rapids / Western Michigan https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kentcountyibond
Greenville, SC $UpstateBLM
Harrisburg, PA https://dauphincountybailfund.org/donate
Houston – https://www.paypal.me/blmhouhttps://www.restoringjustice.org/bail
Indianapolis – https://bailproject.org/
Jacksonville, FL https://www.gofundme.com/f/CommunitySupportFund
Kansas City – https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/it-aint-over-legal-fund
Lancaster, PA https://www.gofundme.com/f/lancaster-bail-fund
Las Vegas – https://secure.actblue.com/donate/vegasfreedomfund
Lexington, KY https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/lexington-bail-fund | Venmo/ Cash App: lexbailfund
Los Angeles (inc. Oxnard, San Clemente, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Victorville, Chino, Santa Monica): https://www.gofundme.com/f/peoples-city-council-ticket-fund ← bail, supplies, transport overall fund
Louisville – https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/louisville-community-bail-fund/
Madison, WI https://freethe350bailfund.wordpress.com/ Venmo: @Liam-Manjon | Cashapp: $FreeThe350BailFund | Paypal: FreeThe350BailFund@gmail.com
Mass – https://www.massbailfund.org/
https://www.gofundme.com/f/fangbailfund
Memphis – https://justcity.org/what-we-do/mcbfund/https://midsouthpeace.org/get-involved/donate-to-support-the-black-lives-matter-community-bail-fund/
Miami – https://www.paypal.me/freethemall
Michigan https://michigansolidaritybailfund.com
Milwaukee – https://fundrazr.com/mkefreedomfund
Minneapolis https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/ ← asking for help in other areas. Click thru for links/direction
Minnesota – https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
Nashville – call 615-495-5450
https://nashvillebailfund.org/
Nebraska – https://www.paypal.me/neleftcoalition
New Orleans – https://donorbox.org/safety-freedom-fund
New York-
https://emergencyreleasefund.com/ ← focused on trans humans
North Carolina PAYPAL = NCFreedomfund@gmail.com CashApp = NcFreedomfund
Oakland https://rally.org/ARCbailfund
http://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/donate
Ohio – Canton/Akron https://www.paypal.com/pools/c/8pz5hovrmY
Oklahoma City https://www.paypal.me/BLMOKC
Orlando Florida https://communitybailfund.org/
Philly – https://www.phillybailout.com/donate.html
Phoenix https://secure.everyaction.com/lFZFGA1BpUa9kyYYgSxSKw2
https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tsccbf
Pittsburgh – https://www.gofundme.com/f/aftercare-for
https://www.bukitbailfund.org/donate
Portland – https://www.gofundme.com/f/pdx-protest-bail-fund
Raleigh/ Chapel Hill – https://www.takeactionch.com/donations
PAYPAL = NCFreedomfund@gmail.com CashApp = NcFreedomfund
Richmond – https://rvabailfund.org/donate
Rhode Island https://www.gofundme.com/f/fangbailfund
Roanoke –https://chuffed.org/project/rjs-bail-fund
Rockford IL (and Winnebago County) https://www.wincoilbondproject.org/donate
Salt Lake City, Utah https://www.gofundme.com/f/c2mvvn-support-protesters-arrested-by-slcpd
San Antonio – https://mutualist.us/sapff
San Diego (inc La Mesa) https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-raise-funds-to-support-our-community
San Jose https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donations/
Seattle – https://donorbox.org/ncbf
Silicon Valley/San Jose: https://siliconvalleydsa.org/donations/
Toronto – https://www.gofundme.com/f/toronto-protestor-bail-fund
Tucson https://secure.actblue.com/donate/tsccbf
Tulsa https://www.paypal.me/BLMOKC
Washington State https://www.nwcombailfund.org/
Wilmington, DE https://www.gofundme.com/f/fnbbailfundwilm
National- http://nationalbailout.org/
local information:
Utah will be having a protest at Washington square/ Salt Lake City Library at 6 p.m. for racist police terror/brutality and state repression
(be wary, as threats of white supremacist showing up have been announced)
got the blues? 