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Economic implications of BLM movement on Black Businesses

As Black people, we should be putting our money where our mouths are which in the times of the BLM movement there has been a rise in Black people supporting Black businesses, however, with the looting that has taken place during BLM are we offsetting the progress? 

Afro Diasporic communities and what it means to be Black in Europe

In light of the BLM movement there has been quite a watchful eye on the diaspora, how have different Afro-diasporic communities respond to the BLM? How does this response look in the Afro-German community? and what is it like being Black in Europe? We share our thoughts on the ever so controversial but is it really... Black Lives Matter movement. 

Black Women on the frontlines of social movements #JusticeforBreonnaTaylor

Since the dawn of time, Black Women have been on the front lines of every movement creating and upholding change only to be abused, mistreated, chastised, degraded by the entirety of society. We are being sexually abused, sex trafficked and murdered at disproportionate rates to white women and other women of races, why is it that we have to endure so much and still we are the ones fighting for the freedom and liberation of all every single day? 

Digital Protesting and Problematic Female Rappers

In the age of social media "digital protesting" is on a rise, some find this the so-called "lazy" way of doing the necessary work of dismantling racism and capitalism but is it?  How do female rappers use their platforms in light of the Black Lives Matter movement is it problematic? Tune in to hear our take on this episode of VIVA Podcast.