Dom Roberts explains the story behind her viral post, 'Don't ignore something because it makes you uncomfortable' and fighting racism.
"I just knew that if something like this were to happen again, I just want to provide people with actionable steps and honestly just resources [of] things that they can do that's gonna help and change and make things better," she explains."So when I woke up and I saw this [news of Floyd's death], I was just so upset. Honestly, I was overwhelmed with grief. I was just honestly crying while making the graphic.
Along with her"Don't ignore" message, Roberts also posted graphics saying,"His name was George Floyd. He couldn't breathe," and shared the phone numbers for Minneapolis's mayor, Jacob Frey, and District Attorney, Mike Freeman, so people could contact them to demand justice.
Roberts knows from personal experience how helpful text-based graphics can be in informing the public. The Gen Z-er referred to similarly formatted posts while researching to vote in the past election."I just feel like when people share and post graphics like this, it just puts it in plain view. This is the message, this is what happened, and this is how you can help. And I just want to make it as easy and as plain and not complicated as possible.
Roberts isn't majoring in art—she's studying theology and business—but she became familiar with graphic design through a social media internship with Zoe Church, which she acquired through school. She created her recent Instagram graphics on her phone . And as for the design, she was inspired by the red-and-white bold text in the We're Not Really Strangers card game, created by L.A.-based artist Koreen.
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