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And, as a Jewish person, I know that 6 million very well could be murdered. This is not another Shoah, but it very well could become another. As a Jewish person, I feel we must say “never again.”

Never again.

“Never again” does not mean “this event was so uniquely horrible, it could never happen again.” It means “this event was horrible, but not unique. We have to make sure it never happens again.”

Never again.

The Uyghur death count isn’t 6 million, that is misinformation. But “never again” means we have to make sure it doesn’t become 6 million.

If you are not Jewish or Romani, do not draw comparisons to the Holocaust. All that provides is shock value and misinformation. What you can do is support Uyghur Muslims.

The link to the original post doesn’t work—here are other sources:

Source from The Silhouette

Source from Business Insider

Source from Middle East Forum

Source from India Blooms

Source #1 from Jewish News

Source #2 from Jewish News

Groups to donate to:

Charity Right’s Food for Uyghurs

Uyghur Human Rights Project

Petitions to sign:

Petition 1

Petition 2

If you have more relevant resources, please share them. Petitions are likely meaningless in contrast to the Chinese government.

Hey Y’all, In wake of so many terrible things that have happened this year, especially to black people, I think we need to remind ourselves to take care of our mental health. As black people we deal with so much on the daily, whether it be to police brutality or even racial discrimination in the workplace, or even the neglect that black women receive in hospitals. These things effect our mental heath in ways many people will not understand. 

According to the Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Black adults in the U.S. are more likely than white adults to report persistent symptoms of emotional distress, such as sadness, hopelessness, and feeling like everything is an effort. Black adults living below the poverty line are more than twice as likely to report serious psychological distress than those living above it. These can effect you even more if you are black and queer.

Despite the needs, only one in three Black or African American adults who need mental health care receive it. According to the American Psychiatric Association’s Mental Health Facts for African Americans guide, African Americans are:

Less likely to receive guideline-consistent care

Less frequently included in research

​More likely to use emergency rooms or primary care (rather than mental health specialists)

To everyone our there, Please take care of your mental health. Your life has value and purpose! YOUR MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS! Here are some links that I think you may find helpful if you need any help finding aid:

Black Mental Heath Support.carrd

Therapy for Black Girls

The Loveland Foundation

The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation

Sista Afya

National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network

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