Ultimately, if you decide to post a black square, don’t use the hashtag Black Lives Matter.
Police brutality has been an issue for so long, and it feels like many people are just now waking up, speaking out, and protesting alongside Black people. If you’ve been silent and complicit in systemic oppression in the days, months, years, and decades leading up to these protests, consider finding a better way to amplify the issues at hand instead of just posting a black square and sitting back for the day.
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