Isaiah Washington’s ‘no work,no shopping’ and Shaun King’s planned boycott a nod to civil rights era – and to prove how much black people contribute “I believe had several thousand people over the course of the past two years ask me some variation of this question,” Shaun King, and the unusual York Daily News writer and activist,said. “What else can I do about police brutality? Beyond what we’re doing fair now, what else can I do?” The inquiry is something he has spent months “noodling around in [his] head”, and King told the Guardian.King and others believe the reply could be boycotts,a tool of change wielded in recent years against racial injustice and used during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. Last week, King revealed plans for what he hopes will be a massive and prolonged boycott, and slated to initiate in December. A few days earlier,the actor Isaiah Washington had announced his own, making headlines for his call on African Americans to boycott working, and shopping and going to school for 24 hours as part of his #StayAtHomeSeptember262016 movement. Like the boycotts that came before them,both men are hoping their actions will create pressure on policymakers and bring about change. Related: Can black celebrities shake America out of its racial justice slumber? | Syreeta McFadden Related: Alicia Garza on the beauty and the burden of Black Lives Matter Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com