I've been struggling with how to tweet about this for most of the day, but I just have to say what I'm going to say and hope.
Today is the start of #Pride2020. And the country — in particular black and brown folks — are hurting so badly right now.
We must remember that struggle, and we must continue to fight for those struggling. BUT we can't forget about the struggle of others, it is not an either-or. We must su’port each other, listen to each other, fight for each other, and remember an individual might have many fights.
So. Off to Photoshop I went, and I created this, instead. And now I want to share it with you. You can find the originals here:
- GIF: https://www.daveyshafik.com/~davey/pride/raise-pride.gif
- PSD: https://www.daveyshafik.com/~davey/pride/raise-pride.psd
Do with them as you wish, so long as it's for love.
I was going to start Pride off with a story about how I realized my own inherent bias recently and corrected it, it seems even more poignant now: