Also ...Movements are fluid, there are ALWAYS going to be tactical missteps, but don’t minimize the need for symbolic shows of solidarity, especially at pivotal points when folks are getting tired, and cynical about what can be accomplished. #blackouttuesday is NOT #staysilenttuesday. 

The goal is to get people to pause self promotional content for the day and post social justice information to increase visibility of injustice and encourage folks to vote. One blackout screen followed by justice related info instead of selfies, etc. It ain’t that hard.

I hear you so deeply on this. I think about our ancestors and their wild dreams often. Imagine running away from your status as one of the enslaved when you had never seen someone like you who was free. Imagine setting off over a hill and through the woods and across a faraway river when you had never seen beyond the…

YES! This.

I get it. I really do. But I tend not to divide my fortunes, or opportunities from those of Black men. What happens to them I view as happening to me. My lack of a penis does not change that. Do they have work to do? Sure. But I can’t equate that to White privilege. Not by a long-shot. I think the minute we start…

Wow. Quite the apologia. For me the argument that it’s not effective is a little of a cop-out. I mean, I never thought Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency would be “effective”. I was sure he would lose. But I was knocking on doors and sending money. Not gon’ catch me on the wrong side of history, or a cause…