Non-Black Allies, This Is Not Your Time to Shine. This Is My Life.

A message for everyone jumping on the allyship bandwagon

Jeanette C. Espinoza
Momentum
Published in
4 min readJun 29, 2020

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Photo: Erik McGregor/Getty Images

A message for new non-Black “allies”:

I appreciate your signs and your presence at rallies.

I appreciate you taking an active part in using your privilege to help fix a system designed to oppress my people.

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Jeanette C. Espinoza
Momentum

Mom of 2 amazing humans | Author of 3 books, including Rock Your Crown - Amazon.com| Speaker | Activist | Creator of Jeanette’s Jewels www.jeanettecespinoza.com