Telling a Black man to respect cops to avoid being killed is the same as telling a woman to dress appropriately to avoid being raped

I’ve been transcribing quotes from local protestors and turning them into graphics. The media has hidden our perspective and it’s our job to make sure these words are heard (ig: Bowtiesandbooks for a highlight full of these quotes)

Stop comparing this shit to fictional books written by white women! This is not the fucking hunger games this is an actual protest over losing actual lives. The people out fighting don’t need to be compared to fictional characters they need to be uplifted and supported as PEOPLE.

amazon sells facial recognition software to police departments around the country

a cop will beat and mace you and people say “thats what happens if you yell at them or flip them off :)” as if thats NORMAL. imagine if every time you screamed in a retail workers face they jumped over the counter and beat your ass, karen. cashiers have control why dont cops

I’m sensing a trend here

WANT TO HELP BUT HAVE NO MONEY? Here’s an hour-long video filled with music and art by Black artists, keep it playing and run the ads, 100% of the profits will be distributed to various BLM organizations. youtu.be/bCgLa25fDHM

Indian Act. Chinese Head Tax. Legalized slavery for years. Africville. Japanese internment camps. Sixties Scoop. Komagata Maru. Order-in-Council P.C. 1324 aka the ban on Black immigration, 1911. Residential Schools. State execution of Louis Riel. Oka. Carding. MMIWG2S.....

My 7 year old can't believe that police don't go to law school. "Their whole job is the law, that doesn't make sense." No shit kid, go to bed.

Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter have changed the algorithms so that you see less of this. They do this all the time don’t be fooled

Today marks 90 days since Breonna Taylor’s murder and her killers have yet to be charged. Arrest Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove.

S T O P R O M A N T I C I Z I N G C A N A D A Racism is alive and well here too. It’s particularly insidious, tone deaf and dangerous. Even people here fall OBVLIVIOUS to it, due to the infatuation with the USA, at least there YOU KNOW YOUR ENEMY.

I’ve been seeing a lot about “anti-racism burnout” lately... which... is a conversation I’m too angry & sad to have. But I’ve ALSO seen a lot of “fixed comfort” floating around. I’d encourage you all to look at the language you’re using to talk about the world today. We see you.

It's getting cold. Snuggle in with some blankets and cider and put on something to binge instead of going outside and getting the plague, please. -R

...you are never too old to be tested for ADHD. You are never too old, female, or gifted to have ADHD. All of these demographics have ADHD, too.

The Aurora Borealis was dancing in the sky last night over Northern Ontario. #NorthernLights #AuoraBorealis #ViewFromTheCrew #NibinamikFirstNation