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your child to marry a Black person?

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Anti-Blackness Has To End

By the time you read this email, the U.S. will have endured many
months of closure, isolation and social distancing, and over
103,000 people dead all due to COVID-19. To add to that, it has
been 6 days since the killing of yet another unarmed Black man,
George Floyd, protesting and rioting in over 3 dozen cities,
curfews in many major cities and the National Guard patrolling
our streets.

It is unreal.

Muslims for Progressive Values issued a press release last week
to condemn this sadistic form of policing. You can read the press
release here ( [link removed] ). But that is not enough. We need to overcome racism and we
have to change the mindset of the culture that is deeply rooted
in racism toward Blacks, and in our particular case, that from
within Muslim societies. Muslims talk a good talk about Prophet
Muhammad’s last sermon in which he called us out:

"All mankind is from Adam and Eve. An Arab has no superiority
over a non-Arab, nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab;
also a white has no superiority over a black, nor a black has any
superiority over white except by piety and good action".

Let me ask you a personal question: would you allow your child to
marry a Black person?

The local Los Angeles African American mosques have called on the
non-Black mosques to stand in solidarity by preaching against
anti-Blackness this June 5th—the #DayOfRage. For my part, I will
be releasing a video on our YouTube channel ( [link removed] ).

With the distressing environment we live in, the social justice
we are in dire need of, no other content feels worth sharing.
Everything else seem petty. I leave you with this positive
video, one that you must watch, and one I long for as our reality
for all people and for all society. A White policeman consoling a
sobbing young Black protester.

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Peace and love from Los Angeles,

Ani Zonneveld

In memory of all the African Americans unjustly killed, from an
unknown Facebook contributor:

"I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these
things without thinking twice about it...
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper).
I can go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
I can relax in the comfort of my own home
(#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson).
I can ask for help after being in a car crash
(#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis).
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling).
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).
I can go to church (#Charleston9).
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).
I can hold a hairbrush while leaving my own bachelor party
(#SeanBell).
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant).
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).
I can break down on a public road with car problems
(#CoreyJones).
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford).
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott).
I can be a 10yr old walking with my grandfather
(#CliffordGlover).
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans).
I can cash a check-in peace (#YvonneSmallwood).
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo).
I can run (#WalterScott).
I can breathe (#EricGarner).
I can live (#FreddieGray).
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED.
(#GeorgeFloyd)
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black
person’s experience today."

#BlackLivesMatter #ChooseKindness

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