Hey friends! Hope you’re all safe at this time.
Before I talk about reflections on Me Made May 2020, I just wanted to say something. With what’s been happening in the world recently, I’ve been doing a lot of behind-the-screen work on how to best become an ally. Although I’ll be more vocal in my personal life to racism, and be sharing a lot about the current affairs in relation to the current US news online. I have taken the decision to not tokenise the black people in my communities. Instead, I will put effort in changing my spending habits to support black businesses, diversify my social feeds and to address my own misgivings. Going back to posting my white ass face constantly isn’t me being silent. The atrocities that have and continue to happen to black people worldwide won’t end because I’m taking on a trend of being ‘woke’.
I’m trying my best to do the work. I will get it wrong often, too. Feel free to call me out at any time, I will continue to learn. Business is not ‘as usual’, it’s renewed, just not tokenising and fetishising POC.
