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EVERYTHING IN THIS ZINE WAS CREATED

BY MARIE ANNETOINETTE, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Mixtape: Someone Has to Care

Letter From the Editor

Art: What Happens to a Broken

Heart

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Style: Adventures of A Girl in the

World

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Other Zines to Look Out For

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Resources on Ferguson

https://soundcloud.com/gothicrnb/sets/
someone-has-to-care
1. How I Got Over // The Roots
2. Kneecap Jelly // Georgia Anne Muldrow
3. The Pledge of Resistance // Saul Williams
4. Roses // Georgia Anne Muldrow + Mos Def
5. Soul Chronicle (The Intro) // The 11th Scientist
6. Black Rage (sketch) // Lauryn Hill
7. Cold War // Janelle Mone
8. On & On (Bootyfade remix) // Erykah Badu
9. Strange Fruit // Nina Simone
10.How I Got Over (Instrumental) // The Roots

Lette
Originally this issue was going to be
cutesy, fun, pastel everything typifying a
Carefree-Black-Girl/Manic-Southern-ColoredPixie/All-Natural-Cocoa-Butter-Heaux*/Whateverthe-Fuck we QuirkyBlackGirls are calling ourselves now. However the events of the past month
in New York, Ferguson, have altered the direction I
wanted to take Issue 2.
This magazine will still be cutesy and
pastel because this is my zine and thats who I am,
but... I need to grapple with a few issues here, like:
what does it mean to be Black Girl in the World,
when violence is a constant threat from those who
are supposed to be peacekeepers, from those who
are supposed to serve and protect? When theres
little to no recourse to hold law enforcement accountable? When the media puts Black and Brown
victims of violence on trial,
instead of the ones who kill them? When police
and vigilante violence against women of color is
ignored? What next?
The next piece you will see (What Happens to
a Broken Heart) best reflects the state of my psyche. I cant go to Ferguson stand with my brothers
and sisters, but Im doing what I can to speak for

Michael Brown in the face of these heartless unempathetic white people (white Christians being
the worst) whose arguments in defense of Darren
Wilson, the Ferguson PD, and the St. Louis County
Sheriff Dept. reveal a frightening level of sociopathy. My heart clenches at the realization that even
people I thought I knew dont really see me as a
person with inalienable rights, or if they do, they
have to divorce my race and ethnicity from their
perception of me to do so (which says that they
dont see Black people in general as people and
reveals the problem with colorblind ideology).
Just hearing the justifications for not dealing
with institutional racism makes me sick at heart
and seeing them post fucking puppy videos or sad
farewells to dead actors and comedians while ignoring the murder on Americas front doorstep
wounds my soul, bringing to mind the phrase
death by thousand cuts. I wonder what they
would do if it was my father, brother, or cousin
who had been killed. Needless to say a lot of people have been cut out of my life. But racial reconciliation is important to them.
I cant pretend that I have the answers here,
but I hope this issue of caro frames these questions and my experiences in way that add to the
discussion to find solutions for the pain my people
continue to endure.

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Normally, I would include a timeline of events from some
news organization and if you want to search for one
youll find them, but from DAY ONE the news reporting
on Ferguson has been not just biased, directly contradictory to the numerous eye witness reports coming from
youtube, vine, Instagram, twitter, facebook, etc. So, I
have provided links to various resources of live tweeting
and photo/video taken by journalists, residents, and visiting supporters in Ferguson.

Livestreams from Ferguson, Mo.

http://new.livestream.com/accounts/9035483/
events/3271930

Vines from Ferguson, Mo,

http://theurbandaily.com/2014/08/14/fergusonmissouri-vines/

Photo albums of live tweets during events in Ferguson

(compiled by myself):
What Happened in Ferguson Last Night?
(8/13/2014)
http://goo.gl/NejDCd
What Happened in Ferguson This Weekend
(8/16/2014 - 8/18/2014)
http://goo.gl/0OsX8e
More From the Past Week in Ferguson (08/1708/29/2014)
http://goo.gl/iU56To

All the things Ive personally reblogged about Ferguson/Michael Brown:

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http://commiphora.tumblr.com/tagged/ferguson/

People to Follow
@handsupunited
(twitter)
@Netaaaaaaaa
(twitter)
@trillaryklinton
(twitter)
@deray
(twitter)
@shaunking
(twitter)
thisweekinblackness.com
iwriteaboutfeminism.tumblr.com

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Donate to the Official Michael Brown Memorial Fund

http://www.gofundme.com/justiceformikebrown

Visit http://www.handsupunited.org/

Donate to legal funds for protesters

Legal Support Fund for Justice for Mike Brown
by Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment
https://secure.piryx.com/donate/mS25KFCe/
MORE/mikebrown

Join the #HandsUp Mass Mobilization in Ferguson

October 10th-13th
http://obs-onthemove.org/featured/a-national-call-toaction-mass-mobe-in-ferguson/

Keep abreast of updates from Ferguson (and other

extrajudicial killings), talk about the issue with friends
and family, and share information on your social
networks.

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MARIE ANNETOINETTE
marieannetoinette@gmail.com

Abou

Sometimes you just need an outlet for all

the questions; caro is an invitation for
brain dump and discussion, to marvel and
to reason together.