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Yesterday was my birthday! I turned 36. I got to g

Yesterday was my birthday! I turned 36. I got to go for a sweaty bike ride and play some sweaty basketball. A nice construction worker in a front loader stopped to say, “You guys look like you’re having too much fun, I want to buy you some ice cream” and handed me cash. He was delighted to hear it was my birthday. I got to eat good food and watch Little Women (the Greta Gerwig one) with my kids for the first time. ⁣
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For my birthday I want to keep changing the world. One of the best ways we can do that is paying reparations. Did you know Black mothers and babies are more likely to die during pregnancy and birth than white people? Black midwifes and doulas are essential and life-saving. ⁣
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I recently learned this about Black farmers: “Black people have largely been expelled from the US agricultural landscape. In 1920, nearly a million Black farmers worked on 41.4 million acres of land, making up a seventh of farm owners. Today, only about 49,000 of them remain, making up just 1.4 percent of the nation’s farm owners, and tending a scant 4.7 million acres—a nearly 90 percent loss.” ⁣
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Would you join me in donating to an organization that supports these issues? I know donating can seem overwhelming, like if you don’t have much to give, it won’t make much of a difference. But if everyone in my Facebook fam gave $5, we could plant some seeds for change. ⁣
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See below for some options for paying reparations.⁣
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#racialjustice #whiteprivilege #birthjustice #reparations

Sing it with me now! 🎶👏 #breonnataylor #geor

Sing it with me now! 🎶👏 #breonnataylor #georgefloyd #whitesupremacy #whitesupremacyisterrorism #whiteprivilege #systemicracism #racism

I often hear complaints about why I “get politic

I often hear complaints about why I “get political” on my parenting page. I’m a white woman. My kids are white. I practice and promote natural parenting and attachment parenting, not just because it feels good but because the research on these issues shows it has great potential to heal our world. ⁣
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But, how could I promote breastfeeding and physiological birth without recognizing the systemic oppression which affects Black mothers and babies? How could I promote babywearing without acknowledging its history and how it has been co-opted? How could I promote natural parenting choices without acknowledging the inherent privilege which makes these choices inaccessible to many? ⁣
This isn’t “politics.” These are human rights issues. If you’re sick of hearing about it, imagine how sick of experiencing it Black mothers are. ⁣
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I can only add 10 photos but there is so much more information, I will make another post to add more. Pt. 1 of 3 probably. SYSTEMIC RACISM IS REAL.⁣ ⁣
#systemicracism #racism #whitesupremacy #whiteprivilege #birthwork #blackmidwives #blackdoulas

Running from the police is not a capital punishmen

Running from the police is not a capital punishment crime. Neither is being drunk. Neither is selling loose cigarettes. Neither is playing with a toy gun. Nor is selling drugs. A person’s past criminal record is not a capital offense. Even — let me blow your mind — resisting arrest is not a death penalty crime. ⁣
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Remember all your bros who used to drink underage? Remember those times you went over the speed limit? Remember when you and your pals illegally lit off fireworks? Or what about that time you jaywalked? You’re saying it’s ok for cops to kill all of them because “they were no hero.” ⁣
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If you believe cops should be judge, jury, and executioner because a person ran from them or had a past criminal record or questioned their commands, you are not a patriot and you do not believe in the constitution. The constitution guarantees the right to a fair trial. ⁣
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If you believe a person who challenges the authority of police deserves to be shot to death, you are a fascist. ⁣
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You are a fascist.⁣
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#dontbeafascist #racism #systemicracism #defundthepolice #abolishthepolice #whiteprivilege

Hi, so when people deny the reality of white privi

Hi, so when people deny the reality of white privilege and systemic racism, they’re making sure this kind of trauma continues. Racism affects BABIES. There is no room for denying institutional racism anymore. ⁣
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“Black newborns are receiving poor healthcare and segregation may be to blame, a new study says.⁣
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Premature babies born to black women have a higher risk of receiving poor prenatal care than white, Asian-American and Hispanic babies, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics.”⁣
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#systemicracism #institutionalracism #whiteprivilege #racism

A plea to certain people: Please consider informin

A plea to certain people: Please consider informing yourself about a topic before making up your mind. I know it can be scary to challenge yourself with new info and new perspectives, but please, for the sake of humanity and progress, consider reading about a thing before forming an opinion. ⁣
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When you say things like, “White privilege!?!1! That’s racist against whites! I’m not privileged, I’ve worked for everything I have!” you make it clear that you’ve never read a thing about the topic, yet you’re absolutely certain it doesn’t exist. When you do this, you perpetuate white supremacy and delay progress. ⁣
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When you say things like, “Defund the police!?!?!1 Who’s going to come when a bad guy steals your car?!?!?1!?” you make it painfully obvious you’re having a knee-jerk reaction to the idea, but you’ve never taken the time to familiarize yourself with what it really means.⁣
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Or my new favorite, “Riots never changed anything!!!1!” Oh, my dude. To be so confident yet so wrong. There is a nuanced difference between, “Riots are a ‘good’ method” and “Unfortunately, historically speaking, riots have been an effective tool for progress.” Some things are just true, even if they make us uncomfortable. ⁣
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I’m not saying people can’t arrive at varying conclusions. But there’s a difference between learning as much as you can (and verifying that what you’re learning is true and accurate!), and simply reacting to a new idea in a negative way. It becomes clear when people are uninformed or misinformed. It becomes even more clear when people can’t answer basic questions about the concept. ⁣
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Day after day the conversation goes like this: ⁣
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“White privilege isn’t real! I’m not privileged, one time someone called me a cracker!” ⁣
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“Ok, can you tell me what white privilege is?” ⁣
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“It doesn’t exist!” ⁣
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“Can you tell me what you know about the topic?” ⁣
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“So I guess you hate all white people then!?!?!! Shame on yoooouuuu!!!” ⁣
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“Have you ever read anything about this topic? Are you open to learning?”⁣
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*Silence.* ⁣
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I know some people have never been to a protest an

I know some people have never been to a protest and aren’t familiar with the tactics cops often use. I know it’s common to think the protestors must have done something wrong, the protestors must have been part of the problem, they somehow deserved it. ⁣
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It reminds me of the perception people sometimes have about abusive relationships. Some people tend to think it’s a two-way street, she must have provoked him, “I know him as a nice guy, you must have done something to cause him to snap.”⁣
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The truth is abusive people lash out abusively when they are inconvenienced or their authority is challenged. A woman might say something like, “We need to talk about your drinking because it’s getting bad,” and be met with aggressive anger because she dared to voice a concern. ⁣
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Protestors might do something like stand or march peacefully and that’s enough for police to lash out with aggressive anger. There’s this idea that they must have done something to deserve it, and that idea is sickeningly false. ⁣
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I beg everyone to scroll through these images and see what protestors are saying and experiencing. Cops are openly assaulting protestors. They are firing on JOURNALISTS AND MEDICS. It is illegal and unconstitutional, but as long as people continue to believe the protestors must have done something to deserve it, they will never be held accountable.⁣
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Screenshots via Kirsty Davey on FB, video found via Chad Loder on Twitter.⁣
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#policebrutality #defundthepolice #whitesupremacy #racism #georgefloyd

An important truth from @rachel.cargle #whiteprivi

An important truth from @rachel.cargle #whiteprivilege #whitesupremacy #whitetears #antiracism #antiracistaction #georgefloyd #policebrutality #systemicracism

This is so true. Police in my hometown marched wit

This is so true. Police in my hometown marched with protestors. The deputy chief carried a sign that said “one race, the human race” (a privileged, problematic thing to say when people are still discriminated against and affected by racism), held hands with protestors and put his fist in the air. I saw a lot of local folks praising how nice and peaceful it was. ⁣
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Then cops in riot gear escalated the situation, gassed protestors, and shot them with rubber bullets. The cops spread fake news by finding a stack of bricks outside a business which had been there for weeks and claiming the bricks had been “placed” there. They also found a fuel tank outside a restaurant which had been there for weeks, and posted a picture of it claiming it was a “potential explosive” that had been “placed” there. The police issued a correction after business owners reached out to tell them they were wrong, but of course by then the damage was done and it furthered the narrative that protestors are terrorists. ⁣
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The cops also threatened to report parents who were protesting after curfew to CPS. And then we learned that a cop had taken it upon himself to go undercover and attempt to infiltrate protestors. He was not instructed to do this but in an apology email, he mentioned teaming up with local media who would protect his identity in case anyone suspected him of being a cop. He has since resigned. ⁣
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The performative actions of law enforcement nationwide are often followed with acts of corruption. My understanding is that Black Lives Matter is not asking for cops to kneel or hold hands. To my knowledge, they are asking for significant and immediate policy changes including defunding the police. Every post about a cop performing solidarity should be followed with, “But did he agree to abolition though?” If not, it is disrespectful manipulation which allows the abusive nature of law enforcement to continue with no real change. ⁣
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