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it's the simple things

@itsreallythesimplethings / itsreallythesimplethings.tumblr.com

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What she says: I'm fine.
What she means: Darren Wilson is free. Justice is dead. Police can kill black youth with impunity. White Americans believe that electing a black president is the end of racism and must justify the killing of Mike Brown by any means to curb their cognitive dissonance. I am in a world of shit.
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TJ Lane took a gun to a school, killed 3 people and was arrested near his car. Not shot. He was armed. He was white. Amy Bishop Anderson shot and killed three people, her colleagues, at the University of Alabama. She was arrested outside of the building. Not shot. She was white. Scott Evans Dekraai shoots and kills 8 people in Seal Beach, California. He is armed with 3 different guns. He is arrested. Not shot. He was white. Christopher Speight shoots and kills 8 people in Virginia. He surrenders and he is arrested. Not shot. He was white. The list of white murderers who were arrested and not killed goes on, and on, and on. Michael Brown harmed nobody. He did not commit a crime. He was not armed. He was shot 6 times. Michael Brown was killed. Michael Brown was black. Trayvon Martin harmed nobody. He did not commit a crime. He was shot and killed. He was not armed. Trayvon Martin was black. Tamir Rice was a 12 year old boy. He was “armed” with a fake, toy gun. He was shot twice in the torso and killed. Tamir Rice was black.
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if you don’t think this carries an important message about our society then you are what is wrong with human society today

And this is why when you see a post empowering and uplifting black women, do not invade it with “don’t you mean all women.” No, because this is not the reality of “all women.”

This is just really sad cause it’s the truth  

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