Tamika Mallory on Nationwide #GeorgeFloyd Protests, May 29, 2020
“If I didn't define myself for myself , I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” -- Audre Lorde Tamika Mallory's speech provides an important lesson and warning about letting other people define what the nationwide #GeorgeFloyd protests means for us and why you should not allow people to write our story of our actions. See my full transcription of the speech below. View this post on Instagram A post shared by matthewacherry (@matthewacherry) on May 29, 2020 at 3:13pm PDT My transcription of Tamika Mallory's Speech on Nationwide #GeorgeFloyd Protests This is a coordinated activity happening across this nation, And so we are in a state of emergency. Black people are dying, in a state of emergency. We cannot look at this as an isolated incident. The reason why buildings are burning are not just for our brother George