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Black Lives Matter... ers signed a statement demanding that isolated communities in which they were
Cont.from page 52 American legal institutions address born and grow up.The fact is, there is a
police violence. The writers also asked wider America outside of these enclaves
continue to fight that evil today as the
African governments to “offer refuge, of ethnic communities, populated by-
voices of the masses of African de-
homes, and citizenship in the name of black, white and brown people where
scendants proclaim to our nation:
pan-Africanism” to those who choose the struggle for racial justice continues.
Black Lives Matter.”
it. The African Union Commission The Ethiopian-American community
The George Floyd legal team is looking
condemned the murders, and a group cannot afford to remain apart from this
for advocates and activist in Ethiopia
of African countries led by Burkina greater struggle.
to push for systemic reform in Amer-
Faso pushed the United Nations Hu- “Talking about race with you your chil-
ica.Also,the African Union is being
man Rights Council to hold a debate dren is not racist. It’s important!
asked to pressure the United States
on racism and police brutality. ing these discussions has negative
Avoid
Government to cease and desist from
We Ethiopian-American must accept consequences for your Ethiopian-
the systemic racism and police brutality
that even if we choose to live in isola- American children who might face po-
resulting in the murder of African
tion within our community, in reality lice brutality on the street, which is the
Americans, and to adopt a Twelve
our children cannot escape the brutal- reality of black boys and girls in the
Point Plan for reform of policing.
ity of the police once they leave the- USA.”
More than 100 prominent African writ-

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