Black activists and celebrities are taking over white influencers’ Instagram’s for #ShareTheMicNow

October is black history month, a time to celebrate the achievements of Black people in Britain and to look forward to future possibilities. It’s a time for people to come together, to reclaim history and learn lessons for the future. As part of #sharethemicnow, Black women including writers Bernardine Evaristo and Emma Dabiri, beauty entrepreneur Sharmadean Reid and many more will take over the Instagram accounts of 70 prominent white women, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Julia Roberts and Victoria Beckham, for a day in a campaign to amplify black female voices and work. The campaign hopes to open up room for Black women to tell their stories by giving them space – courtesy of white women – rather than on misappropriated black squares or on their own platforms, which could have a mainly Black audience. Focused on the entertainment industry, in particular, the women in this industry hope that this is the start of systemic change. The #sharethemicnow campaign has four intentions: 1) To form a social media campaign that magnifies Black women’s lives and stories 2) To form relationships among Black women and white women – so that our future activism is born from relationships 3) To create a […]

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