No. No. No. And no.pic.twitter.com/3zS3xZUz9z
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But this is not the same, and shouldn't be collapsed into the particular terror that black people face.
As soon as I saw this image, I texted @PalmTreesnGz. We both sighed. Because it speaks directly to what we're always talking about.
This image is literally using the image of the death of a black teenager to prop up the humanity of non-black immigrants. Not ok.
Mike Brown didn't die for non-black Latinos to use his image like this. He shouldn't have died at all. But to use him like this now? Nah.
This is a time when we are mourning the premature death of black people. It shouldn't be a time to politically capitalize on that death.
There are so many more things I want to say about this image, who created it, how it's being used. But y'all are brilliant. Break it down.
@aurabogado Michael Brown's death should not be used as an advertising opportunity.His death and Black lives stand on their own,
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