They usually list in events whether it is a Black space only or not. And there may be certain aspects of a demonstration where they only people of color to participate. Most of the larger rallys are open to all.

I know that every time I’ve marched for BLM in my city, my white friends have also participated. I think the general attitude is not to prohibit white assistance, but rather to prohibit white leadership which is similar to the stance that Malcolm X adopted with his organization after his departure from NOI.

Hmm. thanks, I will think on this.

I’m working with out local PP to find out what will actually be helpful for them. Lots of comments here seem to assume I’m just planning this with no input from them. I am not. Any counter-protest would not be us shouting and yelling at the defund group. But I’m also not just letting the defund group take over the…

I’m really hoping for a solid answer to this as well. This piece (and that sign that is posted as the first comment — that, in some photos from the march I’ve seen held by a man, which, frankly, rubs me the wrong way) suggests that I would be welcome there, while others suggest that BLM activists prefer that white…

Where were YOU on Saturday, Joshua Johnston?

I could tell you, but I’m not going to engage in a “woke” pissing contest with you, even though you think I need to “prove you wrong.”

This is absolutely relevant. I think it’s confusing even among relatively woke white women as to what we should be doing a lot of the time. Is this where I sit down and shut up, or is this where I add my voice?

So based on your comment, you’re doing the bare minimum. And I’m not chastising you for that, because just voting (espcially in local and midterm elections) is already doing more than half of the country manages to do.

And we’re just supposed to take your word for it that you’re doing this “hard work that needs to be done every single day,” right?

Serious question: does the Black Lives Matter movement have a set position on whether they want white people at their protests or not? I’ve read several high profile articles both ways. I’ll admit to staying away, in part because I’ve read several impassioned pieces saying that I shouldn’t go.

I work for an advocacy organization. We all went to the march, with our friends and our families.

“I also know several people who felt excluded ... and I think it’s because it was about so many things at once.”

My $0.02, FWIW.

What’s with these purity tests that people on the left require of one another?

Updated: “We will not be releasing the jelly bean counts, no one cares about the jelly bean counts anymore” - in response to 200,000+ signatures on petition for jelly bean count records.

Those jellybeans come in way too many colors to have come from the Trump inauguration. They would have all been vanilla.

That’s the most jelly beans ever in one place at one time. Period.

Raf Simons says he took “inspiration from the ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, 2000s, [and] now.”