Posts Tagged ‘Kenosha
“Black People Are Tired Of Hearing I’m Sorry”
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #JacobBlake, anger, angry, Blake, brother, cops, Jacob, Jacob Blake, Kenosha, Letetra, Letetra Widman, murder, Noah, pain, police brutality, sister, The Daily Show, Trevor, Trevor Noah, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Widman, Wisconsin
Systemic Dehumanization Is The Root
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #JacobBlake, Dehumanization, Doc Rivers, Jacob Blake, Kenosha, nba, police brutality, racism, Trauma, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Wisconsin
Dehumanization is what enables someone to overlook that you are about to shoot a black man in the back just a few feet away from three children sitting in the car watching. You cannot stop the killing of black people without stopping the systematic dehumanization of black people.
— Ayman (@AymanM) August 26, 2020
My guy Doc Rivers - for the win... https://t.co/cNyefukcVD
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) August 26, 2020
“I AM ANGRY”
Tags: #BlackLivesMatter, #DefundPolice, #DefundThePolice, #JacobBlake, Blake, brother, cops, father, Human, Jacob, Jacob Blake, Kenosha, Letetra, Letetra Widman, murder, police brutality, press conference, racism, sister, son, tweets, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Widman, Wisconsin
1/This is Jacob Blake's sister Letetra Widman. Here is her powerful statement.
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 25, 2020
"I am my brother's keeper." pic.twitter.com/UM4kKzAbR1
2/"And when you say the name Jacob Blake, make sure you say father, make sure you say,, cousin, make sure you say, son, make sure you say uncle, but most importantly, make sure you say, human. Human life. Let it marinate in your mouth, in your minds. A human life." pic.twitter.com/bTBZrzPnqe
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 25, 2020
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3/"Just like every single one of y'all and every, we're human. His life matters. So many people have reached out to me telling me they're sorry that this happened to my family. Well, don't be sorry 'cause this has been happening to my family for a long time." pic.twitter.com/M7cyKKkoTs
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 25, 2020
4/"Longer than I can account for. It happened to Emmett Till. Emmett Till is my family. Philando, Mike Brown, Sandra, this has been happening to my family, and I've shared tears for every single one of these people that it's happened to. This is nothing new." pic.twitter.com/jeyqEXP9Ii
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 25, 2020
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5/"I'm not sad. I'm not sorry. I'm angry. And I'm tired. I haven't cried one time. I stopped crying years ago. I am numb. I have been watching police murder people that look like me for years. I'm also a Black history minor." pic.twitter.com/vTSRnOH7fz
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 25, 2020
6/"So not only have I been watching it in the 30 years that I've been on this planet, but I've been watching it for years before we were even alive. I'm not sad, I don't want your pity. I want change." pic.twitter.com/zFM8xueFTl
— Maya Contreras (@mayatcontreras) August 25, 2020















