Black Lives Matter!

摘要

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was fatally shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking community unrest and provoking a national debate on racialized police violence. Brown's death, the recent deaths of other unarmed black citizens at the hands of white police, and the subsequent #BlackLivesMatter1 protests that erupted nationwide in response, should prompt us to examine our mission as librarians. What is the role of the library-and the librarian-in confronting the killing of Michael Brown and many others, such as Eric Gamer, Gabriella Nevarez, and Tamir Rice? What are we saying if we say nothing? And considering librarianship's stagnation in promoting greater diversity within the profession, how might we respond to these events by interrogating our own struggle with these issues?