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Farah Tanis is co-founder of @BlackWomensBlueprint. “If we don’t talk about racism, if we don’t talk about sexism, if we don’t talk about xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and all of the things that breed the genesis of hate, around identity.Farah Tanis is co-founder of @BlackWomensBlueprint. “If we don’t talk about racism, if we don’t talk about sexism, if we don’t talk about xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia and all of the things that breed the genesis of hate, around identity.
“If we don’t address these things, we excuse murders, we excuse rape, we excuse child sexual abuse, we excuse the exploitation of women’s bodies and when we allow those things to happen, we are not only killing that person’s body who is being violated — whether it’s through poverty or homicide — we are also killing the entire community and making it impossible for the next generation to be or do better than we have,” Ms. Tanis said.“If we don’t address these things, we excuse murders, we excuse rape, we excuse child sexual abuse, we excuse the exploitation of women’s bodies and when we allow those things to happen, we are not only killing that person’s body who is being violated — whether it’s through poverty or homicide — we are also killing the entire community and making it impossible for the next generation to be or do better than we have,” Ms. Tanis said.
“We are not leaving a blueprint for the next generation. It’s not just about the here and now. It’s about the future generation as well.” She attended the @womensmarch in Washington to send a message to other black women that they cannot sit by while “our girls are trafficked, sexually exploited or found dead in alleyways, while police violence thrives and we continue to bear the trauma of poverty,” she said, adding, “I march to denounce the trifecta of sexism, homophobia and transphobia that sustains the beating heart of misogyny and patriarchy in the United States.” “We are not leaving a blueprint for the next generation. It’s not just about the here and now. It’s about the future generation as well.” She is heading to @womensmarch in Washington to send a message to other black women that they cannot sit by while “our girls are trafficked, sexually exploited or found dead in alleyways, while police violence thrives and we continue to bear the trauma of poverty,” she said, adding, “I march to denounce the trifecta of sexism, homophobia and transphobia that sustains the beating heart of misogyny and patriarchy in the United States.”