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To be an ally is to recognize and use your privile

To be an ally is to recognize and use your privilege.

Over the last few days I’ve had conversations about what white privilege is and isn’t. I decided to put together this post to address just that. It has systematic and everyday scenarios that exhibit white privilege.

@chescaleigh put it... “it’s like a horse with blinders on. They don’t know what they not seeing until the blinders are taken off.” So it’s time to take the blinders off!

If you have any questions my DMs are open 😊

I’ve been taking a much needed break! A break fr

I’ve been taking a much needed break! A break from work and break from my own feed. I’ve been on the phone with friends about next steps, call to actions and mental check ins!
Our community needs all hands on deck! The statements from companies are cute but where are your plans of action, where are your dollars going. Because at the end of the day if you say “Black Lives Matter” but donated to the orange man’s reelection then you can keep your cute quote.
IT IS TIME TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP!
Ways you can support the black community during this time:

1. CONTINUOUS DONATIONS. Time, resources, space, etc
- @blklivesmatter
- @offreedomorg
- @aclu_nationwide
- @blackvisionscollective
- @reclaimtheblock
- @yourrightscamp
- @fairfightaction
- @campaignzero

2. ACTION PLAN. What are you calling for the government to do? Sign a petition, educate, write a government official. - Change.org @changedotorg
- 8cantwait.org @campaignzero
- 55156
— text ENOUGH - for Breonna Taylor
— text JUSTICE - for Ahmaud Arbery
— text FLOYD - for George Floyd

3. SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESS.
- 15% pledge @15percentpledge
— urging major retailers to stock 15% of their shelves with Black Own Businesses
- Hire black freelancers, contractors, creatives, influencers and pay them equally to their white counterparts!

4. LISTEN TO BLACK PEOPLE!
- make sure there’s diversity in your decision making rooms and that their voices can be heard!

Thank you to the businesses that have stepped up!!! @benandjerrys @heydayskincare @hm @adobe @google @etsy @pantene to name a few

TAG BLACK BUSINESSES BELOW TO SUPPORT!

@leliaxmaejewelry @netergold @aspoonfuloffaith @eeni_edit @bygingerblume @mateonewyork @thediarrablu @lovejmco @jamandrico @alwdcompany @kbinyourcloset @theawarebrand @bernardjames @monrowenyc @rawholisticskincare
Black Lives Matter #blackownedbusinessesmatter

BLACK LIVES MATTER! #blackouttuesday

BLACK LIVES MATTER!

#blackouttuesday

I was tired of hearing “I don’t know what to d

I was tired of hearing “I don’t know what to do!” So I went on live today to plead with people on what they can do. Here are some of the resources I created that you can repost they are all free to download on my site.

You can also:
1. Sign a Petition
2. Donate
3. Call an Elected Official
4. Call out racist and passive aggressive posts, verbiage or comments
5. Check in on your friends
6. The list goes on... Think about what you would do if people who looked like you were getting killed at alarming rates by people who looked like us! How would you stand up then?

This is just as much your fight as it is ours! If you need help on what to say my DMs are open... again I have time TODAY!!!

In the amidst of everything going on I’m still c

In the amidst of everything going on I’m still creating. As I was diagnosed last year with Vitamin D deficiency. I didn’t know I even had symptoms until after I was diagnosed. My latest YouTube video explains the most common symptoms of Vitamin D Deficiency.

Watch now to see if you have any symptoms, You Could Be Vitamin D Deficient. Http://www.youtube.com/c/ravenrobertsstyle (LINK IN BIO)

IG LIVE: TOMORROW at 1pm on @ownyouriam. Me and ou

IG LIVE: TOMORROW at 1pm on @ownyouriam. Me and our Vice Chair of Research and Communications, Edlin Veras @ev400 discuss Blackfishing. We will discuss what it is, why it’s problematic and what it does to black women as a whole. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Commonly perpetrated by females of European descent (white) which involves artificial tanning (spray tanning and tanning booths) and using makeup to manipulate facial features in order to appear to have some type of Black African ancestry.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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OWN YOUR I AM!

Today wasn’t much better than yesterday. I pray

Today wasn’t much better than yesterday. I pray for the black men across this country. I pray for the families affected by the deaths, detainments and imprisonments of loved ones at alarmingly higher rates than their white counterparts.

Their Lives Matter

My Future Son’s Life Matters

My Future Husband’s Life Matters

BLACK LIVES MATTER

“I CAN’T BREATHE” The last words uttered by

“I CAN’T BREATHE” The last words uttered by George Floyd and Eric Garner, as they were being MURDERED by police.

Every time I watch a video of a black man detained by police I’m watching terrified that by the end of it he will no longer be living. Your education level, status nor tax bracket can save you from this. THIS IS A RACE ISSUE. THIS IS YEARS OF SYSTEMIC CONDITIONING TO VILIFY BLACK MEN AND BLACK BODIES!

Black People are 3x more likely to be killed by the police.

1.3x more likely to be unarmed compared to white people

99% of killings by the police from 2013-2019 have not resulted in officers being charged with a crime

Police killed 264 black people in 2019

Your silence was not ok with Rodney in 1991
Your silence was not ok with Amadou in 1999
Your silence was not ok with Trayvon, Tamir, Sandra, Alton, Philando, Michael, Eric, Freddie, Walter, Ahmaud, Breonna, Sean, Steve and now George. The names go on, the unknown cases go on, the profiling, the unnecessary force, the Karen’s filing false claims GOES ON AND ON!

I’m tired and your silence is now and has been compliance. If you’re not black and you’re not speaking up you condone what is happening! Especially those with black spouses and children or hope to have one one day. Where are you? Where is your outrage?

I’m doing a live Friday at noon on How to be an Ally. Ive heard that people don’t know what to do so they do nothing. So I’m here to help!

Our culture, bodies and lives can be stolen and each time it’s met with silence!

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