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(This is a found poem)

How to be actively anti-racist.

The Hate You Give.

The system is not broken, it was built this way.

I CAN’T BREATH. BLACK LIVES MATTER.

It’s sad that I’m not surprised.

Racial inequality, tribalism -

Freedom of speech - not be racist.

Privilege - people have work to do.

A situation that forces us to check our privilege,

and realise how lucky some are.

Just mercy, Selma, listen, learn, take action

and repeat. It’s up to us to step in

and make a difference, when you see injustice.

I was tired of giving up.

Stop calling the police for no good reasons.

When they go low, we go high.

A tale of two cities.

History of ignorance - the system that allowed

this to happen. Teach them, it will be uncomfortable,

people are dying. Interrogate these feelings.

Nice does not equal not racist.

Barriers people face in order to

achieve success. A form of legalised slavery -

Protect them from the colour of our skin.

This is far from enough.

How can I help?

Meaningful action -

Activism - Activists:

Rachel Cargle, Sassy_latte, Mona Candice,

Munroe Bergdorf, Candice Brathwaite.

Justice will not be served until: those who

are unaffected are as outraged as those

 who are.

-- By Aurora Faustini