The onus fell to me time and time again, and I was bombarded with covert, passive aggressive messages where I was asked to teach my followers how to unlearn racism as if it was my duty – despite there being a wealth of information online. Having to constantly remind my white followers during the BLM movement that they had to do the work, not me, was exhausting. I was asked to teach my followers how to unlearn racism as if it was my duty I have become desensitised to the continual poor treatment of my community by those in authority watching George Floyd die was traumatic, but given that white people have asserted violent domination on Black people since the colonial days, it was sadly unsurprising. For example, a white person asking a Black person where they're really from - this assumption that if you're Black, you couldn't possibly be from the UK, is really triggering.Īs Black people, we are taught from a very young age how to keep ourselves alive in a society where we’re at the mercy of white people, especially when it comes to law enforcement. The global outrage over the murders felt hypocritical in a world where everyday racism are micro-aggressions against Black people are largely ignored, tolerated and worsened by white people. The brutal public deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery were deeply traumatic and overwhelming to comprehend - the grotesque proudly public nature of George’s murder was deeply shocking. Aside from enduring the global pandemic, the viral nature of the Black Lives Matter movement really pushed the Black community to the edge.
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