The clarion call for black activists and people of color to join protests across America at this juncture is interesting to say the least. When BlackLivesMatter and Moral Monday CT tried to get white activists to join their movements hesitation occurred. White activists did not want to be associated to some degree with BLM. There were problems with tactics, agendas, targeted sites for protests. Also MMCT experienced great difficulty enlisting white people to help with systematic oppression of people of color in Hartford, CT. Again whites had to "consider" whether MMCT used "proper" tactics or if words were sufficiently utilized to white people's satisfaction. Now white people are singing a different tune. Oh yeah!! There is palpable fear circulating these days within the white community about the presidential win of Donald J. Trump. Draconian policies that Trump said would be implemented [ if he won.. and he did win ] affects whites and other groups. With such a revelation about what Trump's policies would mean for them, whites are stampeding to find black allies. Whites want blacks to march on Washington. Whites want blacks to protest with them in Oregon. Whites are showing up in droves at black meetings, begging for intersectionality on white issues. Whites are plugging in to MMCT's conference calls in record numbers seeking solidarity. Hold on Bubba. Why you love me now?
Let me be clear. Whites are showing up by the hundreds to meetings in Hartford like Standing Up For Racial Justice [ SURJ ] a white group that trains other whites to be allies against oppression, for one reason only -FEAR. It is clear a Trump administration in the White House is dangerous not only to people of color but whites and "others" caught in the sights of those administrators, surrounding Trump, who are capable of making policy decisions. So now a clarion call goes out to the black community et al. from whites for collaboration, unity, intersectionality, understanding, and lockstep protests in the streets.
However my reply to white folks is this.
Where were you when blacks needed you?
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