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Amandla Stenberg Instagram - I feel heavy like lead today, and I must admit that I carry a certain guilt around the exhaustion I feel. I want to be energized and engaged but there’s a certain fatigue that manifests from doing the same thing over and over again and receiving the same results. My resolve becomes fragile and more susceptible to hopelessness. However, in scrolling through my feed it’s invigorating to see this conversation take a different turn and see that what’s being centered is how imperative it is for white people to be real allies. I’m feeling pretty exhausted by white people who are not willing to do real self evaluative work. I notice there’s a tendency for white people to differentiate themselves from “racists” as if racism is something you unequivocally do or don’t participate in when in reality it’s a structure and spectrum that we all exist within. To be an ally in my eyes requires active participation in recognizing the systems that dictate our reality, unlearning internalized notions and then devoting yourself to active counterbalancing to the anti black systems in place. Educating yourself without expectation from people of color to provide those resources for you is a foundational and basic step- implementing that education is step two of hopefully a lifelong quest. What is the work you do to mediate your privilege? This work applies to white people and to anybody who benefits from the anti black status quo, including myself. What active work are we doing to counter anti-blackness on a day to day basis? Interpersonally? What personal reparations are you choosing to pay? It frustrates me that this concept even gets interpreted by white people as radical. Often times I’ve noticed that when white people are challenged to evaluate if their way of being accommodates the history of racism they feel it’s not “fair.” How can you look at this timeline and not recognize that the implications of slavery are real and present? We are facing the repercussions of hundreds of years of global anti-blackness. How can you witness the concrete evidence of that anti-blackness every time a black person is killed by a white police officer and not see how (continued in comments)

I feel heavy like lead today, and I must admit that I carry a certain guilt around the exhaustion I feel. I want to be energized and engaged but there’s a certain fatigue that manifests from doing the same thing over and over again and receiving the same results. My resolve becomes fragile and more susceptible to hopelessness. However, in scrolling through my feed it’s invigorating to see this conversation take a different turn and see that what’s being centered is how imperative it is for white people to be real allies. I’m feeling pretty exhausted by white people who are not willing to do real self evaluative work. I notice there’s a tendency for white people to differentiate themselves from “racists” as if racism is something you unequivocally do or don’t participate in when in reality it’s a structure and spectrum that we all exist within. To be an ally in my eyes requires active participation in recognizing the systems that dictate our reality, unlearning internalized notions and then devoting yourself to active counterbalancing to the anti black systems in place. Educating yourself without expectation from people of color to provide those resources for you is a foundational and basic step- implementing that education is step two of hopefully a lifelong quest. What is the work you do to mediate your privilege? This work applies to white people and to anybody who benefits from the anti black status quo, including myself. What active work are we doing to counter anti-blackness on a day to day basis? Interpersonally? What personal reparations are you choosing to pay? It frustrates me that this concept even gets interpreted by white people as radical. Often times I’ve noticed that when white people are challenged to evaluate if their way of being accommodates the history of racism they feel it’s not “fair.” How can you look at this timeline and not recognize that the implications of slavery are real and present? We are facing the repercussions of hundreds of years of global anti-blackness. How can you witness the concrete evidence of that anti-blackness every time a black person is killed by a white police officer and not see how (continued in comments)

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Amandla Stenberg Instagram - Next stop: a galaxy far, far away… I am so excited to finally announce I’m joining Star Wars: #TheAcolyte ! Honored is an understatement. May the Force be with you 🖤

Next stop: a galaxy far, far away… I am so excited to finally announce I’m joining Star Wars: #TheAcolyte ! Honored is an understatement. May the Force be with you 🖤

Amandla Stenberg Instagram - Some of y’all [may] remember this screencap if u been here for a while - it’s from a video called Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows about cultural appropriation that I made in my junior year of high school. About a year later I saw a small clip of it included in a stirring video installation that poignantly conveyed the tragedies and triumphs of Black Life in America through a collage of footage set to Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam”. That video was by artist Arthur Jafa and is called “Love Is The Message, The Message is Death.” He describes his piece as a love letter to black people and a prayer for black life. It pretty instantaneously became one of the most moving installation pieces I’ve experienced and I’m still so elated and honored to be a tiny piece of it. Starting tomorrow at 2 pm EST, thirteen art institutions around the world will stream it for 48 hours. Which I’m..pretty sure is unprecedented? (Art people, this y’all world lol) I don’t think it’s often we get to experience these sorts of pieces outside of museums, not to mention that the museum was not a space built for us. So this weekend will be a really beautiful opportunity for black people to access Arthur Jafa’s work - if u make ur way over to the second slide you can find all the available streaming platforms 💡

Some of y’all [may] remember this screencap if u been here for a while – it’s from a video called Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows about cultural appropriation that I made in my junior year of high school. About a year later I saw a small clip of it included in a stirring video installation that poignantly conveyed the tragedies and triumphs of Black Life in America through a collage of footage set to Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam”. That video was by artist Arthur Jafa and is called “Love Is The Message, The Message is Death.” He describes his piece as a love letter to black people and a prayer for black life. It pretty instantaneously became one of the most moving installation pieces I’ve experienced and I’m still so elated and honored to be a tiny piece of it. Starting tomorrow at 2 pm EST, thirteen art institutions around the world will stream it for 48 hours. Which I’m..pretty sure is unprecedented? (Art people, this y’all world lol) I don’t think it’s often we get to experience these sorts of pieces outside of museums, not to mention that the museum was not a space built for us. So this weekend will be a really beautiful opportunity for black people to access Arthur Jafa’s work – if u make ur way over to the second slide you can find all the available streaming platforms 💡

Black folks – what are y’all doing to stay grounded, rested, and energized ? What are u doing for your heart ? 🕯

Amandla Stenberg Instagram - Good afternoon y’all, I wanted to let you know I signed onto this letter penned by the @mvmnt4blklives calling for the defunding of police. Link is currently in my highlights underneath “SIGN”. It already has over 38,000 signatures which is unprecedented, and if you too believe in the divestment of police funds into resources that sustain and nurture our communities you should add your name to that list. The reallocation of resources and reimagination of what policing looks like in this country is an imperative step in abolishing the legacy of slavery. We cannot afford to be continually oppressed by an institution whose presence was founded upon the enslavement of black lives. The presence of a police state that operates through punishment and violence is an indication that something is already broken. Let’s invest in a system that addresses what our communities need instead.

Good afternoon y’all, I wanted to let you know I signed onto this letter penned by the @mvmnt4blklives calling for the defunding of police. Link is currently in my highlights underneath “SIGN”. It already has over 38,000 signatures which is unprecedented, and if you too believe in the divestment of police funds into resources that sustain and nurture our communities you should add your name to that list. The reallocation of resources and reimagination of what policing looks like in this country is an imperative step in abolishing the legacy of slavery. We cannot afford to be continually oppressed by an institution whose presence was founded upon the enslavement of black lives. The presence of a police state that operates through punishment and violence is an indication that something is already broken. Let’s invest in a system that addresses what our communities need instead.

Amandla Stenberg Instagram - Mr. John Lewis in the 1960 film “Sit-In” by Robert M. Young! His devotion to liberation is the most powerful, it is love. I feel so honored to have been touched by his soul within my lifetime - emotionally through his activism, and in the flesh by having had the chance to meet him and stand by his side. I send all my love to his family and the upmost gratitude to the heavens for giving us Representative John Lewis. Thank you Sir for your life of service and dedication. 🕊

Mr. John Lewis in the 1960 film “Sit-In” by Robert M. Young! His devotion to liberation is the most powerful, it is love. I feel so honored to have been touched by his soul within my lifetime – emotionally through his activism, and in the flesh by having had the chance to meet him and stand by his side. I send all my love to his family and the upmost gratitude to the heavens for giving us Representative John Lewis. Thank you Sir for your life of service and dedication. 🕊