On June 2, 2020, otherwise known as Blackout Tuesday, countless people posted a black square to their Instagram feeds in solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement and the growing protests for racial justice and against police brutality. While well-intentioned, the black squares also clogged up the #blm and #blacklivesmatter hashtags, which were used to disseminate important protest information.
Nora Maxwell, a 24-year-old biracial Black woman, posted an Instagram story of about 15 slides in response to the phenomenon, where she warned against the performative activism that can result from posts like Blackout Tuesday, and defined white fragility, specifically for her white and non-Black POC followers. Read more…
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