Stop sharing stories of white activists in anti-racism movements - it’s black voices we need to hear right now.

<p>I saw a video on Twitter the other week with the comment: &ldquo;this is how you use your white privilege&rdquo;. It was of a young white woman jumping in front of a black man to protect him from the police. It has been&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&amp;objectid=12337001" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">described as &ldquo;historic&rdquo;.</a>&nbsp;Another person said it moved them to tears.</p> <p>It is indeed an extraordinary moment of solidarity, but let&rsquo;s roll it back a bit. A black man jumped a fence near the White House and got down on his knees, by himself, in front of riot police. We don&rsquo;t know exactly why he did it. We don&rsquo;t know because focusing on the white woman&rsquo;s behaviour has eclipsed his story. Was it was an act of protest? We will probably never know.</p> <p><a href="https://esther-freeman.medium.com/stop-sharing-stories-of-white-activists-in-anti-racism-movements-its-black-voices-we-need-to-4d43ab1d1731"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>