NEVER FORGET that Tarana Burke started the #MeToo movement over a DECADE ago. A lot of people think that a white woman celebrity came up with #metoo in 2017. That’s not the case. Tarana started the #Metoo movement in 2006 to raise awareness about sexual assault, especially against black women. She plays a big role on why everyone is wearing black at one of the most prominent nights in Hollywood. Please give her credit where it’s due. SAY HER NAME
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Time Person of the Year 2017 – The Silence Breakers
Tarana Burke, founder of a nonprofit that helps survivors of sexual violence, created the Me Too movement in 2006 to encourage young women to show solidarity with one another. It went viral this year after actor Alyssa Milano used the hashtag #MeToo.
“Sexual harassment does bring shame. And I think it’s really powerful that this transfer is happening, that these women are able to not just share their shame but to put to the shame where it belongs: on the perpetrator.”
Loki is the Philosopher King 