Black Lives Matter - We Support You!
Black Lives Matter
We talked about this in our Dating Hotline podcast episode 23 - Deciphering Texts - but we want don’t think that nearly covers it. This is bigger than dating and relationships - this is about respect, love, and ending systemic racism.
- BLACK LIVES MATTER -
We support you!
We tell you all the time that it’s imperative to have respect for the other person in your relationships but how can we talk about dating & relationships without acknowledging the issues in society with individuals who are are not given the same level of respect and benefit of the doubt as other individuals. Yes, white privilege is real, it’s evident in every single decision, action, and interaction white people make in their day. White people are treated differently than people of color and that is the problem.
AND, SWIPE RIGHT and Dating Hotline podcast both believe everyone is entitled to the constitutional rights regardless of your skin color, your religion, or your beliefs. Freedom is not free but it is a right you are entitled to as an American. So then why are we segregating who those rights are extended to?
This Civil Rights Movement is not just a conversation, we are changing the future so we can stop repeating our mistakes from our past. It's time to create a new future, a world without hate & without racism. Love has no boundaries, we support you in your search for love. Be the change you want to see and we want to see equality.
Here’s an excerpt from the Dating Hotline podcast episode-
I have to address what’s going on in society. What has happened in America for the past 400 years is systemic racism and it needs to come to an end. We are in the middle of another civil rights movement and if you don’t see this as big as what Martin Lutherr King Jr fought for then you’re missing the message. The black community on paper has the same rights as the white community but the white community has systematically created insurmountable challenges to purposely hold back the black community, whether it’s economic opportunities, lifestyle disadvantages, or even a lack of healthcare resources, to say a black person’s life is equitable to a white person’s life is just simply not true.
If as white people we don’t understand the issue of white privilege then I encourage you to take a moment to empathize with other Americans as they are living a life far from the life that you know and furthermore, far from the privileges that you call rights. Every American is free until proven innocent but then why do we suspect a black person walking down the street to be nefarious? Why do we still racially profile? Why do we look at them as the enemy and us as needing protection from them? Why don’t we extend our inalienable rights to every American? I’m not positioned to speak with authority on this topic, and I’m definitely not trying to point the finger because as a white woman I don’t know what it’s like, I don’t know what it’s like to be black in America - a country that promises freedom but deepening on your race the definition of freedom changes and worse yet, some of those rights turn to privileges that are not always extended. But I do know what it’s like to be a woman and to have suffered sexism and other discriminatory actions against myself, and it’s one of the worst feelings to encounter someone who literally looks past you because in their eyes you are deemed unworthy. I can’t speak to racial issues in America because I’ve never experienced them personally but I can say there’s nothing more disheartening than suffering through someone’s discriminatory belief because of a biological factor. Hate is taught, and there are still people raising the next generation with hatred towards other people just because it makes them uncomfortable. As a woman, I empathize with the discrimination felt by people of color but as a human, I sympathize with the black community because we have done them so wrong for so long. As a country, I know we can do better. Just like we did with COVID-19, we can band together to create immediate change. Change doesn’t take a long time to implement, that’s just an excuse for older populations to keep the status quo. We watched our country mobilize into a health care center in a matter of weeks thanks to the Coronavirus but we are still telling the black population that they need to wait in line for their voices to be heard and then, even then we still deny them the right to be acknowledged as Americans pleading for help?
America, the whole world is watching. What are we going to do? How are we going to help? We can't fix the past, those pains and tragedies have already happened. There have been countless deaths at the hands of and “oops” moment but we can change the future. We can make a difference for everyone going forward. We can provide space for healing to happen and for underrepresented voices to be heard. We can acknowledge our mistakes and work together to create a better future for everyone, but especially the oppressed people of color. Dating Hotline and AND, SWIPE RIGHT support Black Lives Matter. I hope you find yourself on this side of the conversation too.
If you are a black woman or a black man and you have a dating experience that you would like to share PLEASE get in touch with us. Email our Founder, Chloé at info@andswiperight.com, and tell us your story. We want to feature you, we want to share your stories with our readers & listeners on our podcast. If you own a small business as a person of color - you guys know how much we love other entrepreneurs - get in touch with us. We want to help you by sharing your business with our readers. Businesses that help other business is the businesses that succeed. Get in touch with us, let’s see how we can work together or feature your business.
