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Being uncomfortable with my posts reminding you ab

Being uncomfortable with my posts reminding you about the bigotry and systemic racial injustice that permeates this country is a small price to pay for not having to fear for your life like Black people do every day of their lives. .
#endpolicebrutality #endwhiteprivilege #blacklivesmatter

#Repost @aclu_nationwide (@get_repost) ・・・ T

#Repost @aclu_nationwide (@get_repost)
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This is a public service announcement for those who seem to have forgotten.

#Repost @ckyourprivilege (@get_repost) ・・・ R

#Repost @ckyourprivilege (@get_repost)
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Reminder from
@ihategender.

#Repost @campaignzero (@get_repost)
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✊🏿✊🏾Hey fam, many of you have been asking what more you can do and we’ve heard you.

Today we launch a new campaign: #8CANTWAIT. Together these 8 use of force policies can reduce police violence by 72%. And your Mayor has the power to adopt them all right now.

We need YOU to call and email your mayors, wherever you are, and tell them to adopt these 8 life-saving policies RIGHT NOW! We cannot standby any longer while the police kill people. Help us spread the word and tag 10 people you want to see these policies! Together we CAN END police violence in America.✊🏿✊🏾

I stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. Sign

I stand with the Black Lives Matter movement. Sign the Justice For George Floyd petition at change.org (see stories for swipe up link) ✊
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I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice about it...
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper).
I can go jogging (#AhmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#AtatianaJefferson).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).
I can sell CD's (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
I can go to church (#Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather (#CliffordGlover).
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
I can run (#WalterScott).
I can breathe (#EricGarner).
I can live (#FreddieGray).
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED. (#GeorgeFloyd).
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today. *I copied and pasted this...please do the same.
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I support @blklivesmatter 🖤💕

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