Protesting on Behalf of George Floyd: Silence, Lip-Service and “People of Color”

Standing up for Black lives means no longer being silent, hesitant, or bowing to White fragility.

Kimberly Thomas
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4 min readJun 9, 2020

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Photo by Keith Helfrich on Unsplash

We all watched George Floyd get killed. And we watched as people almost immediately began protesting this horrendous act of violence perpetrated by law enforcement —…

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Kimberly Thomas
ILLUMINATION

Traveler, lecturer, poet, and Belgian waffle lover constantly juggling life’s adventures