Abdullah discusses how the two of them have “become very intimate with the spirits we call on regularly,” and Cullors talks about how using a hashtag for BLM is “almost resurrecting a spirit so that it can work through us.”
“We’re invoking” our ancestors, states Abdullah.
Cullors then explains how the hashtags such as #SayHerName and #BLM are a means to honor the dead and invoke them.
Hashtags for us are way more than a hashtag,” Cullors says. “It is literally almost resurrecting a spirit so that it can work through us so that we can get the work that we need to get done.”
BLM Leaders Discuss ‘Resurrecting a Spirit So That It Can Work Through Us’
“We’re invoking” our ancestors, states Abdullah.
Cullors then explains how the hashtags such as #SayHerName and #BLM are a means to honor the dead and invoke them.
Hashtags for us are way more than a hashtag,” Cullors says. “It is literally almost resurrecting a spirit so that it can work through us so that we can get the work that we need to get done.”
BLM Leaders Discuss ‘Resurrecting a Spirit So That It Can Work Through Us’