Hey everyone.
As I'm sure a lot of you know, there are many protests/riots going on in the world, and specifically in the US, due to the racism faced my African Americans/Black folxs/people with darker skin tones. These riots have been spurred on by the death of George Floyd, which is most definitely not the first unjust death of a black person at the hands of the police and surely won't be the last unfortunately.
I thought it was important to say to everyone in our community, as small as it is, that black lives matter. Everyone here is young from what I see, so I won't post any links to donations. But I do encourage everyone to challenge the casual racism that is still so prevalent in our global society. I am white, and as such I will never full understand the struggle that black folxs around the world go through. I am queer however, and while that struggle is entirely different, I can relate.
Once again, I Love Writing Wiki firmly says that Black Lives Matter (#blacklivesmatter) and we emplore any and all users, be they writers or readers, to use their voices or to help uplift the voices of black folxs to end police brutality. It is not solely an American issues, police brutality is something that can be found in any nation, the same can be said for racism. We can and should be better. We will do better, for when we harm someone else, we are harming ourselves more.
Thank you.