Post by Olan on Jun 10, 2020 22:03:55 GMT
www.today.com/tmrw/what-share-mic-now-june-10-t183880
The #ShareTheMicNow campaign on June 10 is underway, with famous white women handing over their social media platforms to black women for the day in an effort to expand the reach of black women's voices.
A promotional post for the event shared on Instagram by one of its participants, former TODAY anchor Katie Couric, explains that Share the Mic Now is meant to address the problem that "when the world listens to women, it listens to white women."
"For too long, Black women's voices have gone unheard, even though they've been using their voices loudly for centuries to enact change," the post continued. "Today, more than ever, it is NECESSARY that we create a unifying action to center Black women's lives, stories and calls to action. We need to listen to Black women."
I’ve been pretty vocal about what I think anti-racism work looks like for awhile here at 2peas. A pretty simple start is simply listening to black women. Of course there is so much more work to do but tuning your ear to the voices of black women is an easy start. If you’d ask me the second easiest task...stop saying WOC or POC when you are talking about black folks.
An aside:
It would be great if everyone stopped calling me crazy 😜 but believe it or not I don’t really care if you don’t like or listen to me and I’ve always included (via links or pointing you in their direction) other black women who make how not to be a racist palatable for the 2peas community. I do think many of you missed an opportunity by making things personal with me but now is as great a time as any to commit to dismantling racism in this country.
Hope everyone tuned into a black woman today. It’s not like we are going to shut up and you can absolutely use my 2peas experience as an example of the resilience silenced black women have. Please listen this time around. For all of us
The #ShareTheMicNow campaign on June 10 is underway, with famous white women handing over their social media platforms to black women for the day in an effort to expand the reach of black women's voices.
A promotional post for the event shared on Instagram by one of its participants, former TODAY anchor Katie Couric, explains that Share the Mic Now is meant to address the problem that "when the world listens to women, it listens to white women."
"For too long, Black women's voices have gone unheard, even though they've been using their voices loudly for centuries to enact change," the post continued. "Today, more than ever, it is NECESSARY that we create a unifying action to center Black women's lives, stories and calls to action. We need to listen to Black women."
I’ve been pretty vocal about what I think anti-racism work looks like for awhile here at 2peas. A pretty simple start is simply listening to black women. Of course there is so much more work to do but tuning your ear to the voices of black women is an easy start. If you’d ask me the second easiest task...stop saying WOC or POC when you are talking about black folks.
An aside:
It would be great if everyone stopped calling me crazy 😜 but believe it or not I don’t really care if you don’t like or listen to me and I’ve always included (via links or pointing you in their direction) other black women who make how not to be a racist palatable for the 2peas community. I do think many of you missed an opportunity by making things personal with me but now is as great a time as any to commit to dismantling racism in this country.
Hope everyone tuned into a black woman today. It’s not like we are going to shut up and you can absolutely use my 2peas experience as an example of the resilience silenced black women have. Please listen this time around. For all of us
