Justice is Love in Action

In Uncategorized by Gwilym James

During the past week, like most of the world, we at Skritter have been paying attention and spending time to educate ourselves and think of ways to be part of the change.

We have dedicated this bi-weekly #SkritterChineseTips post to discuss the words and phrases related to racial and criminal justice. We are a group of educators and programmers in a small startup, and we hope to contribute by sharing what we know with the language we love and the creative work we do. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽

Useful Vocab

种族 / 種族 zhǒngzú – race, ethnicity
正义 / 正義 zhèngyì – justice, righteous
种族主义 / 種族主義 zhǒngzú zhǔyì – Racism
种族歧视 / 種族歧視 zhǒngzú qíshì – Racial discrimination
制度化种族歧视 / 制度化種族歧視 zhìdù huà zhǒngzú qíshì – institutionalized racism / racial discrimination
抗议 / 抗議 kàngyì – to protest, protests
示威者 shìwēi zhě – demonstrator
者 zhě – a person involved in; -er; -ist
非裔 fēi yì – of African descent
拉丁裔 lādīng yì – Latinx
黑人的命也是命。Hēirén de mìng yě shì mìng – “Black people’s lives are also lives.” Black Lives Matter.

Resources to learn from

Watch:

“When They See Us” — Ava DuVernay (Netflix)

I Am Not Your Negro” — James Baldwin (Amazon Prime & Kanopy)

“13th” — Ava DuVernay (Netflix)

“Fruitvale Station” — Ryan Coogler

“Just Mercy” — Destin Daniel Cretton (Amazon Prime)

“Harriet” — Kasi Lemmons

“The Innocent Files” (Netflix)

“Black-ish” (Hulu)

“BlackkKlansman” — Spike Lee (Hulu)

Read:

“Just Mercy” — Bryan Stevenson

“The 1619 Project” (NY Times Magazine) — Nikole Hannah-Jones

“So You Want to Talk About Race” — Ijeoma Oluo

“The New Jim Crow” — Michelle Alexander

“How to Be An Antiracist” — Abram X. Kendi

“Born a Crime” — Trevor Noah

Listen:

1619,” a podcast from NY Times

The Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noah | George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper (Youtube)

Follow and/or contribute:

@eji_org

@innocenceproject

@reclaimtheblock

@campaignzero

@poorpeoplescampaign

@splcenter

@NAACP


This post was a collaborative effort from the whole team at Skritter. Special thanks to Maria and Iona for bringing it together.

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