myrmepropagandistNov 23, 2022

One more comment on #blacklivesmatter and my ongoing effort to understand what role technology and the varied semiotics emergent from the structure of social networks had to play in that movement.

Part 1: Where did all these white people come from?🧵

Show threadmyrmepropagandistNov 23, 2022

You have to understand that I've been writing letters and going to protests about police brutality since I was ... like 8 years old. The hashtag may be of the decade, but the movement goes back --

It was the same pattern you'd see today. Someone would get shot by the police, or beat up-- everyone knew they weren't a hardened criminal but the police would claim that they were. (as if that excused it even)

Protests, collections at church it was just part of life.

Show threadmyrmepropagandistNov 23, 2022

I'm not really all that political of a person so it started to surprise me when white friends would ask me about these cases. But to them it was something NEW... "I don't know what's wrong with the police today" I remember one woman saying. "TODAY?" was all I could think.

So, how did this information, this long project spread? And how do we make that happen more often?

Show threadJazz Dax Jones
@futurebird It’s such a valid point. I know my upset every time a friend or family member told their story. Some just plain scary. But I’ve never experienced it for myself. So even for white folks, like me, who are allied with POC we can’t feel it like you do. And our response has never been adequate.
Nov 23, 2022 at 10:57pmWeb