Following Great Thunberg's speech, we asked these young women what they see for the future.
Teenagers are saving the world — and in 2019, this is not an exaggeration or a hyperbolic catchphrase. Simply, it's the truth: young people are leading the movement in gun reform, climate change, mental health, and other serious issues that are affecting the world every single day. In September, 16-year-old climate change activist Great Thunberg gave a powerful speech at the UN Climate Action Summit, during which she now famously declared,"This is all wrong. I shouldn't be up here.
You've brought a massive amount of attention to the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. What made you want to join the activism space? Stop acting like you support us when you know that you are going to keep supporting policies that hurt us and put our lives and futures in danger. Start listening to us and make sure that the laws and policies you pass actually prove that you are listening. Stop using us kids as photo props because we are fed up with the empty promises and lack of urgency to support us.
Thandiwe Abdullah, 15, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Youth Vanguard Photo by Emma McIntyre / Staff / Getty ImagesBeing Black is my upbringing. In America, where everything is so systematically dependent on racialized oppression, it's pretty impossible to ask a person of color to separate their race from their upbringing. The way I eat, talk, sing, laugh, dance, and even take in the groceries is all relative to my Blackness.
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