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White Allies in the Black Lives Matter Movement

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By Jessica Grider, The Undivided for Howard University News Service

White Allies in the Black Lives Matter Movement features the voices of white Reverend Jeff Hood, an activist who found himself at the helm of a dramatic protest in Dallas, and of Tyne Dickson, a student leader of Southern Methodist University’s Black Lives Matter organization. The piece addresses identity politics, humanity, empathy, and the dangers of exercising one’s voice on behalf of others. It puts these issues in context around today’s BLM movement protests.