We were arrested in Uganda while protesting for black lives - The Mail & Guardian

wielding AK47’s and demanding that bars, restaurants and hair salons be reopened, they were not met with the same excessive force that Black Lives Matter protesters have experienced.

We need to understand that white supremacy has been the norm and not the exception and remain cognizant of the ways it has been exported globally which leads to the prioritisation of protecting white innocence over black lives. It grasps for humanity in white people and is desperate to justify their violence with good intentions, white innocence always gives whiteness the benefit of the doubt.

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