kyliesparks27:brielleariana:kyliesparks27:clevercheshire:the-treble:The above was posted by one of m
kyliesparks27:brielleariana:kyliesparks27:clevercheshire:the-treble:The above was posted by one of my friends.Dear fellow white people, stop using the guise of social justice for your attempts to get your angsty violence out. You’re disgusting.This was an issue when we were marching in LA on Tuesday. White people talking over powerful speeches to scream about “the revolution!”, trying to get the crowd on the freeway when we wanted to keep it peaceful, youth on skateboards turning over signs and trashcans, white people screaming at the police and shaking railing to start shit when the LAPD had been really fucking restrained and actually very accommodating to the march by keeping traffic away from us and only blocking us at the freeways (understandably). There were elderly folks, kids, and animals out there for fucks sake. You aren’t helping anyone but yourselves so you can have fun and a story to share about you getting tear gassed or shot at.Dear White People:Be allies. Not instigators. While this is upsetting and maddening that we have to protest this shit in 2014, you are in a group of privilege. Do not start shit. Find your place in peaceful protest and do not be an asshole.This is my problem when we talk about looters and rioters, because often the looters and rioters are not black people, and yet it is our faces that are blasted everywhere. Young, black people are always painted as the violent ones and though black people undoubtedly have the most to be angry about, so many of us are protesting peacefully. Yet, white “allies” set things on fire and instigate violence, and yet you only see white protestors faces when they are talking about the peaceful protests. Many white allies are actually allies. But some are not, and I want the media to stop pretending like we’re the only ones that’s violent when that’s just blatantly not true.*aggressively nodding* -- source link