Update from The House of Plague, Day 79

[elisi]

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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Comments

[desdemonaspace]

Thank you for posting these. The one of Obama in the park made me cry.

[elisi]

I watched one, and then the other and... It's like we have fallen into the Upside Down.

I hope someone makes an edit of the two videos to highlight the difference.

(Sorry for making you cry. Here's to hoping that what comes out of all this is change for the better.)

[desdemonaspace]

No, it was a GOOD cry.

Don't laugh - I have an Obama fleece afghan that Bebe made it. I'm using it as a bedspread. I go into the bedroom and look at my forever president and am comforted.

[elisi]

No, it was a GOOD cry.
♥ ♥ ♥

Don't laugh - I have an Obama fleece afghan that Bebe made it. I'm using it as a bedspread. I go into the bedroom and look at my forever president and am comforted.
Not laughing, it sounds wonderful. And goodness knows we all need something to cling onto these days.