07/06/2020
I’ve been a bit MIA on here. At first I just needed a breather to step back and figure things out as everything started closing. As days kept passing it just became harder to come back without adding anything significant to the conversation. But so much is going on in the world, and my posts about pins/stickers is the last thing I or anyone else cares about.⠀
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Throughout this quarantine I’ve dealt with a family loss, being laid off like most, and trying to deal with the reality of not being guaranteed tomorrow. I feel so awful about the injustice that continues to happen over and over on the daily.⠀
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I feel like Facebook has played such a negative impact on my mental health because of all of the insane things people I know have posted. I read a post of an old friend on how systematic racism isn’t real.⠀
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People I actually know saying these things, and it just makes me feel like s**t. This is REAL. Just because you have never experienced racism, does not make it any less true. That is privilege.⠀
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I am with you and I understand you. If you have read this far and believe we shouldn’t need to amplify Black voices, or you’re tired of hearing about this movement then just unfollow me. I don’t want your business and I don’t want your energy. We need to be better.⠀
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