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Black Lives Matter. We cannot get to a place where everyone is truly free until we are all free from ignorance.

Defacing a synagogue - a Jewish religious institution - with the words “Free Palestine” does nothing to help Black Lives. It does nothing to help Palestinians. And it will not work to end the Occupation.

black lives matter

black women’s lives matter - say breonna’s name

black trans lives matter - say tony’s name

please consider donating to the actblue bail fund or another worthy cause, like the splc

defund and abolish the police

if you, like me, are a white person (or nonblack person of color) who wants to know what next steps to take, consider this guide and this other guide

two other books i’ve not seen on the reading lists going around the twitters are how we fight for our lives by saeed jones (a gay black man) and reclaiming our space by feminista jones (a bi black woman)

similarly, rev. dr. jacqui lewis is offering a two-night class in anti-racism next week

support black-owned businesses when you can (google your city + black owned + business type)

Little girl teaching her cats how to draw a flower 

gypsy/gipsy is a slur, if you’re not romani it’s probably best u dont use it. while we’re at it, don’t call us gippos either

gadje/gorger/gorja and any other variant word from any romanes dialect that means “non-romani” is NOT a slur, and it’s most definitely not a slur towards white people specifically

you’re not a gypsy because you have a “free spirit” and wanderlust and wear flowy skirts. you’re not gypsy because you want to be one. if you are a gadje, you have no right to call yourself gypsy, full stop.

romani is not a fashion statement and we’re not here for your fetishization/romanticization/aesthetic (appreciating romani fashion and culture is fine. what’s not fine is appropriation or pretending to be romani when you’re not.)

do not invalidate the racism romani people face. people don’t even consider us human. i can’t even tell you how many times i’ve read comments and messages from people literally calling romani “subhuman” and meaning it. don’t silence romani voices when they speak of the racism they’ve experienced

romani people are varied and diverse. some of us are white-passing, a lot aren’t. lots of us are mixed, and when we are we can be any number of bi or even multi racial identities. we can be almost any religion or even atheistic, we’re all over the world, and we speak many languages (there are many, many dialects of romanes alone)

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Justice for Ahmaud Arbery

Justice for Joāo Pedro

Police Accountability Act of 2020

I Want Sandra Bland’s Case Reopened

The Trayvon Martin Law - Stop This From Happening Again

Willie Simmons Has Served 38 Years For a $9 Robbery

Fire Racist Criminal Michael J Reynolds From the NYPD

Hands Up Act 

DO NOT BOYCOTT LUSH NORTH AMERICA!

Lush UK and Lush North America are different!

Lush UK is owned by Mark Constantine, the guy supporting cops.

Lush North America is owned by Mark Wolverton and Karen Delaney-Wolverton and they support Black Lives Matter. This is their Twitter which is full of BLM content and info about allyship, etc. right now.

This is their homepage:

They sent out this letter to their employees and posted it online: