#christiancooper

“For Christian Cooper, The One That Lived” (art by @stlmarlonwest ) #christiancooper #blacklivesmatter✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #pride https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEytC_Jj2w/?igshid=9q6zr0l12qu2

Edit: check in on your POC friends. They are probably really hurting right now and we need to support them. It is our duty to stand with our fellow brothers and sisters as white supremacy reigns. POC are being murdered every day and so many people turn a blind eye. Breonna Taylor was murdered. A white woman called the police on a black man - Christian Cooper who was BIRD WATCHING. He only asked that she leash her dog.  Do better, America. I’m from a communist country and honestly, there are a lot of parallels to the shit our dictators put us through.  If you go protest, I support you. Stay safe and wear a mask to protect yourselves and others.

I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice: I can go birding (#ChristianCooper) I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery) I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson and #BreonnaTaylor) I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #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 CDs (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. #BlackLivesMatter *I copied and pasted this; please do the same.* We must fight for justice. NOW. https://www.instagram.com/p/CAxysezgUDi/?igshid=rihcz8c7jihj

It’s difficult for me to put words into how I’m feeling, but I have a duty/obligation to use my platform and voice. I don’t have the answer, nor do I feel the most educated on the subject, but I do know I can be a part of the catalyst that sparks more awareness and attention to this conversation. 👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼 - Below is a caption I’ve seen others posts that I feel connected with as well as a short guide for safely protesting. - I have privilege because I can do all of these things without thinking twice: I can go birding (#ChristianCooper) I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery) I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson and #BreonnaTaylor) I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #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 CDs (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 and white passing privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today. #BlackLivesMatter *I copied and pasted this; please do the same.* We must fight for justice. NOW. -- BE SAFE & Swipe over for a guide on how to safely protest. Also check out @aoc for more (at Modesto, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA27QH5jx5t/?igshid=11wi96scvw4ju

We’re struggling to find words. But we know how we feel, and we feel anger and sadness for the racist acts of violence against black people in this country that won’t quit happening. The last few days have been for researching what we can do about it going forward and how we can all do our part to stop racism from spreading, especially to our children and the next generation. It’s a scary, heartbreaking, and devastating time, and we can’t imagine what the family and friends of those who’s lives were taken must be feeling. Anger. Rage. Pain. Sadness. If we feel just a fraction of those feelings right now, their pain must be insurmountable. We’ve seen many different posts this week from people wanting justice for #GeorgeFloyd and #AhmaudArbery and #BreonnaTaylor and #ChristianCooper, among others, and what we can all do to help. It was a reminder of how a nation can come together in their fight against injustice and how social media can be used for good. It was also a reminder of just how messed up we are as a country and how much work needs to be done, because racism runs deep in America and it is going to take every single one of us to make it stop. But it’s not enough to repost and share, we have to take action and make things happen. We need to use our rage to shift things so that these senseless tragedies don’t keep happening. But how? We need to educate ourselves AND each other. We need to speak up AND listen. We need to donate our time AND our money. We need to be better. For ourselves and the future generations. We will fight with you and for you for as long as it takes. 🙏🏼. (pics by @blessthemessy @robinxhilkey @domrobxrts) (at Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CA0kXbLDJE8/?igshid=1wm63y0how4ds

I believe that every person has the right to liberty and to be treated with dignity as an equal human being. recognize the injustice - use your voice for what you stand for…
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I can go birding (#ChristianCooper).⁣
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).⁣
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).⁣
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 10-year-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⁣). (at United States of America)
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