Isla (pronounced eye-la) is a 19 year old girl who has just finished her sound technician degree. She wants to travel the world but has no money. So she decides to try get a job as a roadie, all she brings with her is a small suitcase of clothing, h...
This is not a chapter and this is definitely not my story.
I want to use this platform, that this fic has given me, to amplify voices of colour.
This is not a trending hashtag or black square on your timeline, these are human lives and they need justice and equality.
This is not politics. This is people dying because of a failing society, built on murder, colonisation and white supremacy. It's not just in America, racism is everywhere you look, and if you don't see it, you're not looking hard enough.
It is your job, and mine, to do what you can and keep the momentum going after the hashtags die down. Do what you can, sign the petitions, donate what you can, talk to your friends and family, go to protests, if it's safe for you to do so. There is no excuse for your silence. There is no excuse to not know how to help.
Here is the link to the Black Lives Matter website, where you can sign petitions and donate:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#
Now here are some poems written by writers of colour about their experiences:
Facing Us by Amanda Johnston
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Amanda Johnston is an African-American poet. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and currently resides in Round Rock/Austin, Texas. A Cave Canem Fellow and a Affrilachian Poet, Johnston is both a poet and performer.
A Small Needful Fact by Ross Gay
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Ross Gay is an American poet and professor. Along with a National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry, he is the author of the New York Times best-selling collection of essays, “The Book of Delights.”
Bury Me in a Free Land by Frances Harper
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was an abolitionist, suffragist, poet, teacher, public speaker, and writer, one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at the age of 20.
