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Black Lives Matter... in Ethiopian

American Communities too

While Ethio- We must empower ourblack children to
By Yodit Hilton
pian- stand up to racial injustice, systemic ra-
American parents tend to avoid con- cism, profound stereotypes, structural
W versations about race with their chil- barriers and prepare the growing Ethio-
e Ethiopian-American in
the United States, the dias-
dren much more frequently than other pian-American community in the USA
pora and at home in

Ethiopia are devastated and deeply dis- black parents.Ethiopian parents in the to both recognize and be able to fight
diaspora and at home need to discuss systemic racism.
turbed by the brutal murder of George In Ethiopia, we
Floyd and many other Black are all black, thus
Americans in the United at the moment

States. We must stand in soli- are not facing sys-

darity with the African tematic racial in-
American community in de- justices and ine-
claring that Black Lives Mat- qualities in every-

ter (BLM)and we should be a day life as black

part of thousands upon thou- people in the
sands of people coming together to de- identity matters and also encourage USA, the Americas or Europe. The is-
mand justice in protests across the their children to take pride in who sues Ethiopia faces today are different,

world seeking justice and equality for they are and respect the differences in such as governance and leadership,

blacks and people of color in America. others. “Black Lives Matter” doesn’t brain drain, lack of strong institutions,
There arehundreds of thousands of first, mean that only Black lives matter. It which leads to inadequate services, pov-

second and third generations of Ethio- means that racism unfairly affects erty and political instability.
pian-American children living all over Black lives and the Black Lives Matter In the USA,The Declaration of Inde-

the United States. Therefore, it’s essen- movement is calling on everyone to pendence, issued on July 4, 1776, was
tial to acknowledge the Black Lives Mat- change that. Even if the intention is guided by the premise that “all men are

ter issues even if we think it doesn’t im- sincere, help your child understand created equal.” The first Revolution
pact our family directly because it does, that the phrase “All Lives Matter” im- (1775-1783) against the British set in

in fact, affect everyone. In today age it’s plies that the BLM movement’s cri- motion socio-economic and political
a real challenge for any black parents tique of systemic racism and its effects processes that led to the Civil War,

raising boys and girls in America. on Black people is invalid.
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