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EMILY ~ CAMP DO MORE 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019

in Fine Art Erotica

by Aroha McKaig

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PART 3 Am I afraid that I will totally screw this

PART 3

Am I afraid that I will totally screw this all up and get things wrong?⁠
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ABSOLUTELY!⁠
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BUT…⁠
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Will I give myself the grace to know that I am trying and that I am not perfect and hope that others will see this and do the same.⁠
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YES!⁠
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Am I afraid that I will be unfriended, unfollowed, disliked, bullied, lose business, or be shamed by friends, family or folks I care about, for making a stand?⁠
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NO. I AM NOT!⁠
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Do the lives of people of colour, matter more to me than all of those things?⁠
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YES! THEY DO!⁠
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So this is me. Using my privilege the best way I know how. I am a work in progress, but I stand beside those who have had or continue to have injustices done to them because of anti-black racism. I will BE better….I will DO better…I will WORK harder and I will NOT be silent in my support anymore.⁠
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Here are a few of the resources that have helped me to better educate myself in recent days/weeks. I will continue to share resources as I find them.⁠
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Toni Black:⁠
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https://medium.com/@an…/performative-solidarity-56a64f38cb46⁠
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Monique Melton:⁠
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https://www.instagram.com/moemotivate/…⁠
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Tomayia Colvin:⁠
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https://www.tomayiacolvineducation.com/…/take-action-resour…⁠
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If you sit in a place of privilege and truly want to effect change.....it starts by educating yourself! <3⁠
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LISTEN. LEARN. DO THE WORK. REPEAT.⁠
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⁠ PART 2 Seeing so many opinions in my social f

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PART 2
Seeing so many opinions in my social feeds in recent days, on what should and should not be done, has had me in a state of confusion. Post a Black Square, don’t post a black square. Mute your socials, don’t mute your socials. I was truly confused as to what I should be doing and how I should be doing it, in order to “show up” and support in the right kind of ways.⁠
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Then, I actually stopped listening to ALL THAT NOISE.⁠
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I started researching, reading, actually LISTENING to folks in the communities that are hurting and crying in pain right now. Processing information and relevant materials and using the resources that are available to me, in order to learn and to educate myself. To have difficult conversations with my family, peers and colleagues and to sit uncomfortably in my privilege and my own personal biases in order to understand how I can use the tools I have, to help make change happen.⁠
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It is very clear to me, that now is the time I must put in the WORK that is necessary. And then, when I think I have learned enough, hold myself accountable that there is still MORE work to be done and to KEEP going. This is how I show my support. This is how I start my action!⁠
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What changed?⁠
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Taking a long hard look in the mirror!! That’s what.⁠
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I have never been a political person nor have I ever really TRULY used my voice for something bigger than myself (which was a pretty hard realisation for me to have, but in truth, it is a fact!). It has taken a fair bit of self-reflection to try and understand why that is. I have always believed I am a friendly ally, to all communities and marginalized folks, but I have come to realise, that being an ally or advocate is more than performative allyship or solidarity. It is MY responsibility to DO the work, to educate myself, to SAY more and to NOT be silent to the injustices that I am witnessing.⁠
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PART 1 It is time to make a stand. It is time to

PART 1

It is time to make a stand. It is time to end the silence. It is time to rise up. It is time to come together in authentic solidarity and to help be a voice of change. It is time to find your voice.⁠
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These are many of the thoughts I have had over recent weeks, as I have watched in shock and disbelief, at what is happening in the world right now.⁠
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Sitting from a place, where my own privilege has kept me safe. The same privilege that has allowed me to disconnect and walk away, when it all got too much, too overwhelming.⁠
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Instead of publicly acknowledging that privilege and using it to speak out and rise up, my silence and lack of words are where I have failed. That silence has been loud.⁠
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UNTIL NOW.⁠
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As a non-black POC, I will be completely transparent in that, I honestly did not know how I could effectively use my voice to make a difference.⁠
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I am bi-racial. Born a New Zealand Maori to white and brown parents, but adopted and raised by a white family. My personal conflicts growing up, between my own cultural history and being raised with “white privilege” and biases, has always been something that I have struggled with. Sadly, I understand now, that those internal conflicts are part of the reason why I have done nothing, said nothing.⁠
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UNTIL NOW.⁠
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**WEBCAM SESSION**⁠ ⁠ ⁠"Never ever mistake h

**WEBCAM SESSION**⁠
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⁠"Never ever mistake her silence for weakness. ⁠
Remember, sometimes the air stills before the onset of a hurricane." ~ Nikita Gill ⁠
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Muse: @sarahlbeth⁠
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