Here, Roxanne Fequiere (roxannefequiere) gives a primer on how to be actively anti-racist, above and beyond social media. Step one? Put down your phone.
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Yesterday, my Instagram feed was an endless scroll of unadorned black boxes posted by white and nonblack users who pledged to “listen,” “learn,” and “make space” for Black voices to be heard. And yet with each successive blackout post, it soon became clear that this latest wave of milquetoast social media activism was achieving the exact opposite of its intended effect.
So if you’re a person that wants to be an ally to the Black community, let’s begin here: Put down your phone. If you’ve been paying attention, I suspect you already know something about what this work entails.
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