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Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Reminder to white people:
You will continue to mess up re racism. So continue to be teachable, open to correction from POC, and vigilantly monitor yourself for defensiveness and white fragility.
You never "arrive" as an ally, you must continually *practice* allyship.
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
White people:
We gotta talk about burn out. You aren’t conditioned to be thinking about race this much because of your privilege. We need you to do all you’re doing today, tomorrow, and until the end of time.
Let’s talk about ways to focus on current & systemic change.
👇🏽
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Do you want to support Black creatives but have no money? Request books by Black authors at your local public library! It's free, supports Black authors, and provides diverse stories for young readers. May I suggest starting with @rosiesrambles's A Song of Wraiths and Ruin?
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
please don’t let up. please keep donating and raising money. please keep signing petitions. please keep educating the people around you. please..don’t stop talking about blm because it’s not “trending” anymore. please don’t stop fighting. please.
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
In case you missed it, check out this giveaway for some incredible Black speculative fiction 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
Let's do a giveaway that highlights Black writers. RT/F @fiyahlitmag and I'll pick ten (10) winners who will receive the July 1st issue.
AND, one lucky winner will receive a year's subscription and a t-shirt.
DOUBLE AND, if you're about it, you donate!
fiyahlitmag.com/support-us/
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Also if non-Black parents would just talk to their kids about what is happening and EXPLAIN what that pause of broadcasting meant, maybe the kids would freaking get it. Black kids don't have the luxury of being blissfully ignorant about this, neither should your kids.
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
happy pride month y’all !! dont forget that marsha p. johnson, a black trans woman, threw the first brick at stonewall and spent most of her life advocating for lgbt rights. the community would not be here without her so as you’re celebrating this month, remember her !!
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Published authors, if any of you would like to mentor some of the 2020/21 Black YA authors, please DM me. Lifting Black voices and stories is needed at this time. Thank you so much to those who have volunteered ❤️
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Covid is still really and I want y’all to be safe! For those at protests, a few tips from a nurse after attending last night: bring an extra mask. Yours will get hot and sweaty so switching it out halfway through is smart. If you have a cloth mask throw a bandana on top too!
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
I’ve gotten messages from some author friends asking how they can help Black YA Authors especially right now. First of all, thank you!
Giveaways and critiques are happening, and these are great ways to help boost Black voices and Black stories that are out/soon to be published.
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Let me be clear. You are either racist or anti-racist. Those are the two choices. The latter meaning you are working everyday either emotionally or physically to dismantle the racisim that we all have been taught since day one in the United States. – at Burlington, NC
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Are you a Black creator working on a book? My expertise is in YA, adult fiction, and non-fiction across categories (memoirs, essay collections, cookbooks).
My DMs are open. All weekend.
Let me answer publishing, pitching, agenting, etc. questions for you.
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Please
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
If you consider yourself an ally to us, LISTEN to Black ppl and ACT. I am enraged and tired. I am always enraged at the treatment of our people in this country. It is ALWAYS hard. I’m struggling to express how I feel, but I donated. So can you. minnesotafreedomfund.org/don…
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
I want to be on the streets and can't. I'm high risk for COVID19 and can't take the chance. And there are many of us who can't either. A few years ago some dear ones and I wrote this, "26 ways to be in the struggle if you can't be in the streets." tinyurl.com/yad3aepl
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
Trump to the white people with AR-15s throwing a temper tantrum over a haircut — “Liberate”
Trump to those protesting the lack of justice in Minneapolis — “THUGS”
A whole, racist clown.
Alexandra VanHorn 🦇 retweeted
it has gotten this horrible and americans are still partying at beaches like these people never mattered.
