Celebrities like Taylor Swift have been lauded for calling to remove racist statues, while Black women at the forefront of the movement aren't getting acknowledged.
, Landrieu rejected that notion."Getting these monuments down took generations of leaders and work from countless individuals and organizations," he wrote."It was a complete team effort and one which will have to continue together as the fight for justice remains crucial for the future of our country."
Sawyer sent the petition and letters to Mayor Jim Strickland. He denied receiving the documents at the time, so she decided to hand deliver them. Sawyer and her group were met at the front door by two police officers."They wouldn't let me in, they wouldn't let the media in, and they wouldn't let anybody who was with me go in. We, again, were criminalized as problematic from [our] own city hall," she recalls.
Sawyer's journey shows the intrinsic issue with celebrity armchair activism: It's easy to safely tweet from home without acknowledging those who are on the ground and in the streets."It's all well, good, and great that Taylor [Swift] is lending her voice to that. I don't want to take that away, but it's hurtful because it speaks to what it means to be a Black woman organizer," says Sawyer.
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