"The Start," for example, is a three-hour workshop on how to be an anti-racist. Cargle’s read: “If You Don’t Fight for All Women You Fight for No Women.”Īn anti-racism activist and author of the upcoming book on feminism through the lens of race, “I Don’t Want Your Love and Light with The Dial,” Cargle works outside academia as a “public academic." She tours the nation to give sold-out lectures. In 2017 at the Women’s March in Washington, Rachel Cargle posed holding protest signs with friend and activist Dana Suchow in front of the U.S. Tiktok: Instagram: Twitter: Facebook: therealrynnstar.“I certainly didn’t expect to have a half million followers at any point in time.” “I never really set out for it to be this big thing,” Chambers told USA TODAY. The death of George Floyd got her to do more research into racial equity. With more than 600,000 followers and 48 million likes, Chambers has become one of the most important creators raising awareness of the Black experience and racism on TikTok, which has been criticized for promoting white voices over Black voices.Ĭhambers says she’d been on TikTok for five years but spent more time watching videos than making them until the pandemic.
“Why is Rosa Parks the only black activist we learn about?” also brought her attention as she examined how Parks came to be the face of the 1955-56 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. It was reposted again and again and has 2 million views. The video, labeled “About y’alls favorite ‘statistics,’ ” blew up overnight. So shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up.” “And all those stupid stats that you keep using are operating off a small sample size. And white perpetrators are undercharged, so of course they have lower rates of crime,” she sang. “Black neighborhoods are overpoliced, so of course they have higher rates of crime. So the 28-year-old elementary school music teacher from North Carolina opened up TikTok and added her own commentary, in song form. In June, Erynn Chambers watched a TikTok video from drag queen Online Kyne, talking about how statistics are manipulated to make it appear that Black Americans are more violent. You are about to enter a website that contains explicit material (pornography).With more than 562,000 followers and nearly 40 million likes, Erynn Chambers has become one of the most popular creators raising awareness of the Black experience and anti-Black racism on TikTok. This website should only be accessed if you are at least 18 years old or of legal age to view such material in your local jurisdiction, whichever is greater. Furthermore, you represent and warrant that you will not allow any minor access to this site or services. PARENTS, PLEASE BE ADVISED: If you are a parent, it is your responsibility to keep any age-restricted content from being displayed to your children or wards. Protect your children from adult content and block access to this site by using parental controls.
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