Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 9 minutes ago
PLEASE READ THIS
Hi guys,
I am aware that in this video I haven't addressed Black Lives Matter - which isn't something I am overlooking at all. I will talk about it in next week's video, but wanted to first write down some thoughts. Watching the news unfold, and the very eloquent conversations that come up online around this has made a few things very clear to me:
- To stay silent is not ok. We do LIVE on social media, so to try and separate that from 'real life' is not an excuse. It's part of our everyday life, and is the catalyst of change and movements as things have the chance go go viral and be seen my millions.
- The first step in speaking about this (for me, and many others), needs to accepting how much I HAVE NOT done in the past, due to a position of privilege. This has to be a journey of accepting the place you stand in now, and looking at how to improve it.
- To encourage a community that can educate each others - I have seen so many people share links/ideas of ways to help, here are a few:
ADVICE:
instagram.com/p/CA04VKDAyjb/?igshid=ucn4aqtqdy5
instagram.com/p/CAu_buhH5lD/?igshid=1sc30kizmc5ke
DONATE:
gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate (NB: read the donate page first)
blackvisionsmn.org
reclaimtheblock.org/home/#about
READ:
bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587
blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/black-and-asian-feminist-solidarities-a-reading-list
PLEASE READ THIS
Hi guys,
I am aware that in this video I haven't addressed Black Lives Matter - which isn't something I am overlooking at all. I will talk about it in next week's video, but wanted to first write down some thoughts. Watching the news unfold, and the very eloquent conversations that come up online around this has made a few things very clear to me:
- To stay silent is not ok. We do LIVE on social media, so to try and separate that from 'real life' is not an excuse. It's part of our everyday life, and is the catalyst of change and movements as things have the chance go go viral and be seen my millions.
- The first step in speaking about this (for me, and many others), needs to accepting how much I HAVE NOT done in the past, due to a position of privilege. This has to be a journey of accepting the place you stand in now, and looking at how to improve it.
- To encourage a community that can educate each others - I have seen so many people share links/ideas of ways to help, here are a few:
ADVICE:
instagram.com/p/CA04VKDAyjb/?igshid=ucn4aqtqdy5
instagram.com/p/CAu_buhH5lD/?igshid=1sc30kizmc5ke
DONATE:
gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate (NB: read the donate page first)
blackvisionsmn.org
reclaimtheblock.org/home/#about
READ:
bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870587
blackwomenradicals.com/blog-feed/black-and-asian-feminist-solidarities-a-reading-list
