Please stop and listen before you say any more
April 29, 2015 6:59 PM   Subscribe

Dear white Facebook friends: I need you to respect what Black America is feeling right now. "Today, tomorrow, every day: White people around you refuse to talk about what is happening in this country. The silence is painful to experience." (Julia Blount, Salon.com). See also: Freddie Gray protests: Governor of Maryland Declares State of Emergency
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome (3 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: We don't need another active thread on this topic - feel free to drop this in the earlier thread. -- restless_nomad



 
One cannot understate how important this is right now, as ever.
posted by standardasparagus at 7:18 PM on April 29, 2015 [1 favorite]




Dear Jesus Christ. That is the story now?

It is going to be a long week in Baltimore, and a long, hot, bloody summer in this country.
posted by tivalasvegas at 7:27 PM on April 29, 2015 [2 favorites]


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