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[e-bert-deactivated20230704-deac]

NZ traditional haka for black lives matter, video posted june 3rd 2020

[thickemo]

For those of you who don't know, this specific haka was written by a father to acknowledge his son's wrongdoing and basically tell him to get his shit together. It is also modernly used as a haka tautoko, or acknowledgement, in some contexts.

Y'all see how symbolic this is, right? It's both acknowledging current events as a show of solidarity, but also calling for world leaders to get their shit together and admit their wrongdoings and try to change things. This shit is powerful.

The user quobbo on tiktok did a little rundown analysis of it here:

Quobbo is Kiing on TikTok

#stitch with @tonifui 👈(credit) | Tika Tonu (a ngeri/haka) in a 60sec tt #blm #poc #sons #aotearoa #māori

[e-bert-deactivated20230704-deac]

for some reason this ^ reblog isnt showing up in the notes? maybe it's the link, but for those looking to explains the significance of this from a closer maori experience - what the dance means and why the video is so culturally epic (if interested in knowing more, pls click this reblog)

[dcmarvel-deactivated20220913]

I-I might have been testing invisibility and super intelligence at the same time.

SHAZAM! 2019 ⚡ dir. David F. Sandberg

[pondnaravit]

[autistichalfblood]

John Boyega at a Black Lives Matter Protest - Hyde Park, London.

[causeitsgravity]

but the only thing the news will cover is the looting...

[whitepeopletwitter]

[rezby]

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Holy-

[maaarine]

Talks at Google: Alice Walker

[softblockwashere-deactivated202]

Here’s a link to a google sheet of ALL BAIL FUNDS around the country. You can also add missing bail funds here by messaging me!

Please spread this link around!

[yuneu]

i see a lot of my black mutuals in pain and struggling mentally lately so if any of you need it here's a post of mental health resources made by a black woman specifically for black people struggling right now... i love you all so much please take care of yourselves

[hypocrisyinblue]

Black Cops Are Just As Likely As White Cops To Kill Black Suspects

When a white police officer fatally shoots a black man, angry acquaintances often assume the tragedy was triggered by a racist cop.

New research reports that, while some officers may by driven by personal prejudice, the bias that can serve as a catalyst for killings is more institutional than individual.

“White officers do not kill black suspects at a higher rate compared with nonwhite officers,” concludes a research team led by Charles Menifield, dean of the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University–Newark. “The killing of black suspects is a police problem, not a white police problem.”

Pacific Standard

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[theeternalghost]

We all have that one character we’re in too deep for.

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[moldyjunk]

If you only reblog one post from me today, please rb this one.

DO NOT DONATE TO CHANGE(dot)ORG

DO NOT DONATE TO CHANGE(dot)ORG

DO NOT DONATE TO CHANGE(dot)ORG

[kropotkindersurprise]

June 7 2020  - Black Lives Matter protesters in Bristol, UK, tear down the statue of 17th century slave trader Edward Colston, and dump it in the harbour. Protestor John McAllister, 71, said: “It says ‘erected by the citizens of Bristol, as a memorial to one of the most virtuous and wise sons of this city’.“The man was a slave trader. He was generous to Bristol but it was off the back of slavery and it’s absolutely despicable. It’s an insult to the people of Bristol.” [video]/[video]

[nativenews]

[skygenders]

Seattle protesters forcing riot cops to retreat, shouting “Who’s streets? Our streets”

[girlrry]

i think it’s extremely productive to bully millionaires into donating large amounts of money