My thoughts on todays video.....
BLACK LIVES MATER | BLACK OUT TUESDAY
- I mean they could've at least got the time right...8:46 NOT 8:47...how hard is it to edit a black screen to the right time?
- I understand the video is demonetised, but why not monetise it and donate to all the places that need it?
- Also didn't they have to be prompted to put links in the description?
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Just a few other things to pick at whilst we're on the subject of this campaign.
- They could have spoken out days ago on this entire black lives matter campaign, social media influencers and youtubers are only speaking now because if they didn't it would make them look bad...Like I signed that petition and donated money several days ago...they could have linked it or mentioned it days ago too!
- As someone who has spent the past few days learning and educating myself on the matter, reading books, articles, watching youtube videos to help me further my understanding, posting a black square on instagram doesn't really do anything. Rather than sit in silence all day I have been posting to my own social media accounts links to petitions, gofundme pages, websites of charities set up for this very campaign, urging everyone I know to sign, donate, educate and understand. Sitting and doing nothing will do exactly that....nothing. I can't imagine for one second that Chris or Sarah will sit down and properly educate themselves, reading books and articles etc(This is my personal opinion, I am aware not everyone feels the same on this matter).
- Also I'd be extremely disappointed if any of them (Whether it be Sarah, Chris, Isabelle and the travel page they have too) delete the black square tomorrow because 'it ruins their feed' or 'it doesn't look right' (Suppose if they read this post they will keep it). This campaign isn't a trend, its not a bandwagon to hop onto just because 'everyone else is'. This campaign is about justice, its about preventing any more innocent lives being lost, its about there being ACTUAL equality in action, not just some words written in the law.
- If they're keeping Esme of school and still homeschooling her, I beg they sit all 3 down and have conversations about this campaign, do some extra learning and properly educate them.
I know my siblings and their partners sat my nieces and nephews (aged between 4 and 15) and for the past 3/4 days have been educating them on the black lives matter campaign, why it is so important, how they can help etc. They've even done some extra work ontop of their homeschool stuff, in particular my older nieces who have taken a massive interest in learning and understanding, particularly because our family is mixed race and being black is part of our heritage and part of who we are.
Even my 4 and half year old nephew, who least understands what is going on, wanted to help, so he spent this afternoon baking cupcakes and went round and sold them to our neighbourhood (socially distanced don't worry) to earn some money so he could donate, and my other nephew and 3 nieces donated all their pocket money they had been saving up to the cause.
There is no excuse for Chris and Sarah not to educate their kids on this matter, and by educate I dont mean going 'this is what happened and now people are protesting', its about learning what racism means, what it entails, how it has been experienced, listening to people's real life stories and understanding how to overcome racism and combat it.
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