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also. im realizing this blog despite being inactive has my largest amount of followers so let me use this platform to remind you, albeit a little late to the conversation:

-if you are safely able to do so, donate. local bailout organizations for unlawful arrest of activists is a great start but so are the personal paypals and cashapps of black people in need. blacklivesmatter.carrd has an excellent set of links to donate ranging from memorial services to bailout funds to northstar health collective to reclaim the block and more. consider focusing your funds locally and prioritize black owned and organized organizations.

-if you decide to attend a protest, bring water to drink and to flush out your eyes, wear plain and shapeless clothing, change before you leave ditch your shoes after the fact. shoes being reworn makes them good identifiers. go in a group w/ predetermined meetup times / places in case u get separated, tell someone who isnt going and who u trust where u are and when to expect u back, leave your phone at home (handwrite numbers you may need). if you are white it is not your place to incite violence or vandalize but to use your white privilege by physically placing your body between police and Black people. the color of your skin protects them from brutalization. i am not telling anyone whether or not they should go, i am just repeating advice on how to stay safe.

-if you cannot physically attend, you can still spread information by sharing it on social media. twitter is a much better platform than this for tumblr due to twitter being the source of many direct posts from protest experiences i believe but you are still more than welcome to make threads of your information here and to spread it to offline family and friends in particular.

-make a point of being visible with your support for the Black community and condemning police violence and callout friends and family you see submitting to ignorance, anti-blackness, and racism, especially if you are white/nonblack. do not expect Black people to perform the constant labor of education on their own oppression.

-if you cannot donate personal, look for youtube videos to stream for ad revenue! zoe amira put together an hour long video of work by black artists and the best way to stream it is on desktop, volume at half or above, watch it in full, search and watch 3-5 other videos, then search and watch it again (NOT from watch history). if you cant sit there and watch it leave it running on your laptop with headphones plugged in. this ad revenue goes directly to black creators. let youtube donate on your behalf!

-educate yourself. "Who do you protect, who do you serve?" is free until june 4 and collects essays about the experience of being Black in America, the nature of oppression, and how community organizing can replace the need for a broken police state. there are countless resources for self education online thats just one that comes to mind, but if you are stuck home that is a great one to start with.

-if you are angry, i'm sorry. if you are exhausted, i'm sorry. do not let this make you condemn and turn apathetic and hopeless. let this moment harden you and turn those feelings into a force for change. and if you are not black, do not feel the need to post about how exhausted you are. to be able to turn a blind eye is indicative of massive privilege and i urge you, as simple as my voice is, to keep reading, keep fighting, and to keep each other safe.

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