Update from The House of Plague, Day 79

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Black Mirror really outdid themselves this time. Having us EXPERIENCE season 6 instead of watching it on Netflix? Remarkable really

— Dream Crusher 🇯🇲 (@ThatgyalKrys) June 1, 2020

Ways you can help:

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

And then two videos, because the dissonance is... *hands* I have no words. (Whatever your opinion of Obama.)

In case you wanted to remember the reception when a real president walked through a park near the @WhiteHouse. pic.twitter.com/ZLYi3q1PdM

— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) June 2, 2020

From that to this...🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/U6rK4mF11g

— 🤜🏾By Any Means Necessary🤛🏾 (@GambitKing5150) June 3, 2020

BUT! This brings hope. And if you read the comments there are videos of protests from around the world. ♥

All 50 states. pic.twitter.com/PzLQ7y969g

— Des. (@insanely_made) June 2, 2020

And then back to the UK:

Racism isn't just ingrained and systemic in the US. It's true in Britain, too. pic.twitter.com/3Y1ETPdXKQ

— Owen Jones says join a union🌹 (@OwenJones84) June 3, 2020

Excellent (and sobering) thread:

The UK isn’t racist. A thread.

— Ka’🇯🇲 (@kamanityrese) June 2, 2020

Adding this one, just so I can easily find it. Am sure you're all familiar.

Boris Johnson just claimed ‘Black Lives Matter”. With that in mind, please consider viewing this: pic.twitter.com/56o29pC2Ld

— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) June 3, 2020

And a way for you to help:

In light of recent events, myself and a friend have decided to write to as many schools as possible, as well as the government, demanding a change. Specifically with regards to the way Britain’s colonial past is taught—or rather not taught—in schools. But first I need your help:

— IMPACT OF OMISSION SURVEY IN BIO (@esmiejp) June 1, 2020

John Boyega gets his own segment:

Remember how Finn (John Boyega) was supposed to lead a Stormtrooper rebellion in the last movie of his Star Wars Trilogy, but they didn't let him do it? I think he's doing it now.

For the Rebellion.

— Garrett Gilchrist (@TygerbugGarrett) June 3, 2020

John Boyega at BLM protests in London. The pain in his voice. pic.twitter.com/915r2t8YNd

— Hasan Patel 🌹 (@CorbynistaTeen) June 3, 2020

“Look I don’t know if I’m going to have a career after this but, f**k that.”

John Boyega. pic.twitter.com/KPFDUUFGlM

— The Nikki Diaries (@thenikkidiaries) June 3, 2020

ETA:

Watch on YouTube

And finally, Listen to the Trees, 1997 quilted artwork by Faith Ringgold, African American artist and activist:



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