We've been taking a few days to process everything that's going on--it's absolutely heartbreaking that people all across the world are being mistreated because of the color of their skin, or their sexual identities, or their religion, or their ethnicities. Instances like George Floyd or Breonna Taylor happen so often, and now it's getting attention. Let's finally stand up; let's say, "We value your skin color." Let's take time to reflect on any internal prejudices we may have, and focus on combatting those internal prejudices. Let's listen to the stories. Let's offer comfort to those who are treated differently because of their skin color, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnicity. Finally, let's stand up, NOT because "Black Lives Matter" is the #1 trending tag on social media, NOT because "everyone needs to know that I'm anti-racist so let me post this picture/quote about the movement."
Let's stand up even when the protests stop and nothing changes and everything goes quiet.
Let's stand up even when it's scary, even when we could very well get hurt.
Let's stand up even if we don't understand.
As four white girls, we will never understand or have the experience others of different skin color will have. But we WILL fight equal human rights. We WILL stand up. What happened to George Floyd was NOT an isolated event. After the video of Floyd surfaced, we knew racism existed, but we didn't know the deep extent or the prevelance at which it occured. What happened to Floyd opened our eyes.
To all of our black followers, we're fighting for you. We're here for you. And we want to hear from you. DM us, post it on our board, comment in one of our stories--tells us your story. Get it out there. We encourage you to speak up, because speaking out helps spread awareness.
We're HERE. We LOVE YOU. We're going to FIGHT for you.
