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Allies, welcome to the battle we've been fighting all our lives. We hope you're in this for the long-haul since many of you were guilted into diversifying your feed and following a bunch of Black people. The fact that putting an end to racism is a debate that needs convincing still blows my mind. Yet here we are. It's going to get messy, so put on your armor. You might not know how to wield your sword yet, but we still need you on the proverbial frontlines. Follow my lead as I'll post actionable steps in my stories daily, or see my highlight: Revolution. Glad to have you in this fight and quite frankly, about got damn time.

A post shared by Glo | Black Lives Matter (@glographics) on Jun 6, 2020 at 4:27am PDT

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𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄? 𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗣𝗘/𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘/𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘 🙏🏾 Post the black square! Take it down, it’s so counterproductive! Say their name! Why didn’t you include Breonna Taylor! Mute yourselves! Speak up on behalf of Black people! Talk louder! Not that loud, too much savior complex! Love saves everyone! Except racists, they can go to hell! Lawwwwwd. So. Many. Stances. Even I'm overwhelmed by them. Here’s the deal. So you mass-followed 100 new Black people who are telling you to do a dozen different things and now you’re just like, who do I listen to when they're all saying different things? First, I urge you to pace yourselves, then try to hone in on the voices you resonate with the most. Think of music, for example. You can follow dozens of artists in the same genre, but maybe there’s one you turn on to pump you up during a workout, and another you go to that soothes your mind. Our voices will trigger different emotions, and I encourage you to have a healthy mix of all of them during this revolution. On this page, you’ll find me at the intersection of thought-provoking and sassy. I’ll challenge you to do better, but I’ll say it with love (and a couple finger snaps, lol) 💁🏾‍♀️ Because that’s who I am. I’m not going to change my voice because of what’s goin on, and to my fellow Black brothers and sisters, I encourage you not to change yours either. We’re united by our Blackness, but there are tens of millions of perspectives. I've always said, I speak WITH the Black community, not FOR them. Black people have survived generational trauma, overt racism at work, heavy discrimination, police brutality, and more. So when I see Sis going AWF and calling people out, I get it. That’s a lifetime of hurt, pain, and silencing. Let her air that out, and don’t confuse their rage as them being mean or aggressive, because some of us have been biting our tongues for decades. And we’re done. So allies, hold space. Some days our exhaustion will take center stage and our emotions will be raw. But just so we're crystal, we do not apologize for it 🤸🏾‍♀️

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