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Hey Kim Kardashian. We see you in the news, working with President 45 to allegedly reform the criminal justice system. You helped release Alice Marie Johnson from prison, and now you’re on your way to become a lawyer.
But do you really have Black folks’ interest at heart?
Are you willing to march through the streets and shout ‘Black Lives Matter!’ and launch a whole movement, as prison abolitionist Patrisse Cullors did?
Are you willing to personally help mold the next generation of Black youth and prepare them to take on this centuries-old battle we’ve been fighting, as organizer Charlene Carruthers does?
Once that law degree is in hand, are you ready to fight against a criminal justice system that swallows and spits out Black people, like Michelle Alexander?
With Black children of your own, are you prepared to advocate against the “cradle to prison pipeline” that consistently disadvantages Black children over white ones, like Marian Wright Edelman has done since the ‘70s?
Black women such as the above have been doing this work for a while - and they haven’t received an ounce of the recognition you have, despite deserving so much more.
Kim K, we hope this activism isn’t simply for the cameras. As the Black women leaders who’ve come before you, we hope it’s genuine and simply not another case of White Savior syndrome.