Today on The Label, we chat about: 

00:23 - How did Creative Label Honor #BlackOutTuesday

05:34 - Beginning of Q&A Portion

09:00 - Why you shouldn’t use the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter for #BlackOutTuesday

11:00 - What is #AmplifyMelanatedVoices?

12:43 - How do all 3 hashtags work together?

14:19 - How can we use our services to elevate other’s voices? When it makes sense?

17:18 - How to be sensitive to how we use email lists?

19:28 - How to support creators of color?

21:00 - How can mental health professionals show up right now?

24:00 - How can you frame your message as a white person wanting to help the black community?

29:32 - Why you shouldn’t post your conversations with your black friends as content to show you’re “helping.”

32:00 - Should you make your donation amounts public?

33:39 - How to avoid “White Savior Complex”

35:49 - What is “Privilege?”

39:08 - How to build diversity in your business and why it’s important.

43:28 - How people with influence can and should boost other important voices

46:33 - It’s not about you. #AmplifyMelanatedVoices

48:25 - Did posting black squares on Instagram actually make a difference?

51:42 - How do you balance sharing what you’re doing and not appearing to do it just “for show?”

54:27 - Should you wait to post until after #AmplifyMelanatedVoices on the 7th?

1:02:35 - What are credible resources we can share right now?

1:06:55 - Is it inappropriate for a white person to create their own group of resources?

1:10:55 - What do you do when you don’t know what to say?

1:14:06 - Should you say “black” or African American?

1:18:00 - How can businesses give back to the African American community right now while remaining sensitive?

1:19:30 - What does privilege look like?

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