30/05/2020
I'm feeling numb for the last few days....the isolation caused by covid has already made me very sensitive to everything....and when event like and happens and we have to say ...it makes me feel very sad...I'm Quoting , and tomorrow I will tell my children what happened to George Floyd..I will tell them what Amy cooper did....we will start learning and talking more about the achievements of black people....I will tell them when they grow up, I hope they find good black people to marry and have beautiful coloured children.... ⠀
Thanks for inspiring me to write this....
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“Talk to your kids. Yes, today. Tell them what's happening in the US. Yes, they are old enough. Tell them how the local version of this same racist behavior plays out. Yes, now. Tell them to love what color they are. Tell them to respect people not based on how they look, only on how they behave. Read more books featuring people of color and less with white characters. Watch less white television. Follow fewer white experts. Basically reduce whiteness in your life. It is the most dangerous force in the world. It is insidious in its ability to generalize itself as normal. Question normal. Question who we are told is beautiful. Question who we are told is more trustworthy. Question who is positioning themselves as authority. Question everything. We have to do better. Starting at home.” -Hiba Masood ⠀
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