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It never occurred to the first white settlers who came to Yosemite and exclaimed that it had the pristine beauty of a European garden that it in fact was a garden, that this untouched wilderness was formed from intentional and continual human interaction.

How photography and conservation of America’s public lands has written indigenous people out of history.
↩︎ Real Life
Oct 17, 2019
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Design caters to taste, and taste is cultural—so how do you "decolonize" design? Perspective is just one thing to rethink.
↩︎ Eye on Design 11h

“These are ancient, inexplicable hatreds fueling these ethnic conflicts and inequality," said Andreja Dulic, a foreign correspondent whose knowledge of American English consists of a semester course in college and the occasional session on the Duolingo app.

How Western media would cover Minneapolis if it happened in another country.
↩︎ The Washington Post
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The new Run the Jewels album is out, free for download. Any donations go to the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Fund.
↩︎ Run the Jewels 1d
Flaws in society are easy to point out. Resolving them conflicts with "the basic assumptions of governance in our country today."
↩︎ The New Yorker 1d
“Long-haulers” are Covid-19 sufferers who endure waves of debilitating symptoms—and disbelief from doctors and friends—for months.
↩︎ The Atlantic 1d

Black lives matter, but not everybody gets the message.

Despite a pandemic, many people took to the streets this week in protest, across the United States and around the world, after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery.

And in other news:

1) "Black health care worker who filmed viral video of white socialite calling 911 on her asks, ‘Why does this keep happening?'"

From 6:15pm - 7:31pm this woman, Svitlana Flom, artdefete felt the need to not only approach me but call the cops MULTIPLE TIMES ON ME!! She was too “Alarmed” that I was sitting “comfortably” in “her neighborhood!” The first call was because she THOUGHT I was smoking in public.. but by the 3rd call, it was bcuz I was “threatening her & her children !!” While giving my description, she exaggerated her story & made it seem like I was the aggressor. “THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IS ATTACKING ME AND MY CHILDREN!” She had tears that were off & on & she stated things like “She’s pulling the black card!” Then wanted me to walk to the boys w/ her ����‍♀️�� I probably could have just walked away!! I probably should have kept my mouth shut right ?! NAHHH!! I couldn’t understand why she was so mad ! Like ummmm first of alllll I pay alllll mine over here Miss Lady !! �� How you come over here just feeling sooooo privileged & soooo comfortable enough to tell me I should leave ?! You’re buggin !! NOT THIS ONE!! She wanted to be a victim soooo bad!! NOT ONE PERSON CAME TO HER AID!! MULTIPLE PPL witnessed the ordeal & just wanted to make sure I was ok! SHARE THESE VIDEOS AS MANY TIMES AS POSSIBLE !! #SvitlanaFlom @maisonvivinyc @huffpost @ariannahuff

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2) "Woman calls cops on man peacefully protesting alone in Florida suburb and says she 'doesn't want the wrong people coming to the neighborhood'."

@shanemeyers1

They say they want peaceful protests, but what they mean is they want us to be quiet ##BLM

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3) "Thousand Oaks Woman Arrested For Pepper Spraying Teen Protester From Her Car."

4) "LeBron James calls out Fox News host Laura Ingraham for defense of Drew Brees.'"

5) See also: 

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"I was taking an Uber from the airport to my house." From 2014, Ty Ahmad-Taylor tallies his encounters with cops since he was 17.
↩︎ Medium 1d

“Nobody is sitting around when everything is great, thinking there’s this gap in my knowledge. Like, ‘Whoops! I don’t have any black friends. Let me get some black friends.’ Now is not the time to be making black friends. If you don’t already have them, you are part of the problem.”

White people, it’s not a great idea to call up black people you met a decade ago and ask how they’re feeling.
↩︎ The Los Angeles Times
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Recent statements about racism by Amazon and other companies suggest a different picture than the one painted by their practices.
↩︎ The Atlantic 1d

Ghosts from the closet in the face of performative allyship.

Diet Prada ™ has been doing a good job of calling out fashion brands (or promoting those who call them out) that are co-opting Black Lives Matter when their business practices suggest anything but.

Celebrity stylist @JasonBolden called out French luxury brand @Celine for performative #BlackLivesMatter solidarity. Bolden, who dresses some of Hollywood’s brightest Black talents like Cynthia Erivo, Taraji P Henson, Janet Mock, and Yara Shahidi, commented the LVMH-owned brand’s post, stating that they don’t dress Black celebrities unless they have a white stylist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @HediSlimane , Celine’s creative director and the man responsible for axing Phoebe Philo’s beloved É, has been a subject of conversation among the industry before for his apparent aversion to Black models. In case you didn’t know, we crunched some numbers for you from all his runway shows thus far: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Spring 2019: 6% (6 out of 96 exits) Fall 2019 Men’s: 8% (5 out of 66 exits) Fall 2019 Womenswear: 12% (7 out of 59 exits) Spring 2020 Menswear: 6% (3 out of 51 exits) Spring 2020 Womenswear: 9% (6 out of 64 exits) Fall 2020: 9% (10 out of 111 exits) • #blm #celine #lvmh #hedislimane

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Released in February this year, @Ferragamo ’s #VivaViva campaign features a diverse range of six tastemakers—among them, Dara Allen, Paloma Elsesser, and Kiersey Clemens. But the campaign, which @tommy.dorfman both cast and photographed, seems to not have gone down as easily as the chill, progressive vibe it projects. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Following a #BlackLivesMatter Instagram post by the Italian luxury brand in which a range of two light to medium skin tones are represented, the actor, whose pronouns are they/them, said “I regret ever associating myself with the brand”, going on to describe repeated instances of the Italian brand’s racism, transphobia, and fatphobia: ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “They have said heinous, transphobic, body phobic, and racist things directly to me. I called them out every time and they promised to change. They said they ‘learned’. They have very clearly not learned nor have they changed.” They even explain an instance when someone at the company asked if a Black model could be photoshopped white. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Despite consistently raising the issues to the Ferragamo team, Dorfman describes being met with pushback, “meaningless apologies”, and even the threat of legal action if they were to speak up. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “We have to, as white people, take a look at where and when we have been complacent and part of racism, homophobia, and transphobia both directly and indirectly and call it out. Call ourselves out.”, the actor added. “People have the right to know where to spend their money and where not to”. • #ferragamo #salvatoreferragamo #luxury #italian #blm #blacklivesmatter #tommydorfman

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