What really changed after the BLM uprising in 2020?
#UncomfortableTruths
Warning: The tweets shared here made us feel fragile and uncomfortable at first - so proceed with an open heart and a reminder that combating anti-Black racism isn't about you; it's about the liberation of Black people.
Two truths can exist at once:
(1)The barriers you face as a non-Black or non-Indigenous person, or white queer, neurodivergent or any other intersectionally marginalized identity are real and unfair
And (2) experiencing marginalization does not absolve you of your complicity to white supremacy and racism.
We need to be truthful to both ourselves and others that we aren't experts at the anti-racism work required of us.
If we can't accept this truth, we will not be able to do the necessary anti-racism work, which is quite literally a matter of life and death for Black and Indigenous peoples in Canada.
The algorithm might have made you miss this post because of the subject matter, but it unpacks, from a first-person perspective, the messy and imperfect journey of unlearning and how it’s all about trying, failing and trying again in pursuit of Black liberation, dismantling white supremacy and our collective liberation.
