{"id":139595,"date":"2020-05-29T14:25:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-human-rights-campaign-and-75-lgbtq-organizations-release-open-letter-condemning-racist-violence\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T18:25:26","slug":"the-human-rights-campaign-and-75-lgbtq-organizations-release-open-letter-condemning-racist-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/the-human-rights-campaign-and-75-lgbtq-organizations-release-open-letter-condemning-racist-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"The Human Rights Campaign and 75 LGBTQ Organizations Release Open Letter Condemning Racist Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Human Rights Campaign and 75 LGBTQ Organizations Release Open Letter Condemning Racist Violence<\/b>
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Today, the Human Rights Campaign released a letter, joined by prominent LGBTQ and civil rights organizations, condemning racism, racist violence and police brutality while calling for action to combat these scourges. The letter is signed by 75 leaders of the nation’s most prominent LGBTQ and civil rights organizations.<\/p>\n

The full list of signers can be found below and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“The racist violence that has filled our television, computer and phone screens this spring is a stark reminder of how far we still must go to ensure that the promise of America is not dependent on the color of one’s skin,” said Alphonso David, President of the Human Rights Campaign. “When we see injustice, we must speak out as strongly as we can. Otherwise, we are complicit in oppression. And we have seen a lot of injustice lately. From George Floyd, to Ahmaud Arbery, to Breonna Taylor, to Christian Cooper, to Nina Pop. The LGBTQ community is familiar with fighting against systems of power that are set up to serve the privileged few. And we are united to fight the systems that target our Black and brown siblings, today and always.”<\/p>\n

The letter reads, in full:<\/p>\n

LGBTQ Organizations Unite to Combat Racial Violence<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Those words, written over 30 years ago by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, remind us that indifference can never bridge the divide of hate. And, today, they should serve as a call<\/a> to action to all of us, and to the Movement for LGBTQ equality.<\/p>\n

This spring has been a stark and stinging reminder that racism, and its strategic objective, white supremacy, is as defining a characteristic of the American experience as those ideals upon which we claim to hold our democracy — justice, equality, liberty. <\/p>\n