This weekend’s George Floyd protests coincided with the 99th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The event, which was largely unknown to the public at large until The Atlantic published a Ta’Nehisi Coates’ article called The Case For Reparations, in turn inspired showrunner Damon Lindelof to recontextualize Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s iconic Watchmen graphic novel. The HBO series began with a depiction of the Tulsa massacre, and following the series finale (complete with a prevailing Hooded Justice), awareness of the continued effects of racial injustice is not lost on Lindelof. He marked the anniversary on Instagram by urging people to not only show solidarity with protesters but to really get educated on what happened in Tulsa’s Greenwood district.

In doing so, Lindelof made a number or recommendations, including all of Coates’ writings, which Lindelof stated, “[C]hanged the way I saw our country and first made me aware of what happened in Tulsa.” He also pointed towards author James Baldwin’s 1965 debate with William F. Buckley and the New York Times‘ 1619 podcast that digs into the looming shadow of slavery in America. “Educate yourself for Ahmaud and Bre and Floyd,” Lindelof urged. “[D]o it for Eric, Mike, Tamir and Philando… for so many more, TOO many more… and please, most of all, do it for Greenwood.”

In case you haven’t caught HBO’s Watchmen yet, that’d be another educational source to put on the list. Within the series, Lindelof reshaped his source material to “rewrite” history with a fitting amplification of the Hooded Justice character. He was the first costumed vigilante in the Watchmen universe, although he only appeared in the the supplemental pages of the graphic novel, Lindelof notably rewrote this character as a Black man (Will Reeves, played by Louis Gossett Jr.) with incredible results. In the end, the series took down the Cyclops organization that (as rendered in the series) held strong ties to the 1921 Tulsa atrocity. It was a stunning piece of storytelling and a wonderful way to honor the legacy of what was lost at Greenwood. Lindelof also marked Sunday’s anniversary in a way that urged true and lasting action — in the form of education — amid the ongoing Floyd protests.

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Protests continue across the country following the death of George Floyd, and some of them have led to damaged buildings. News footage shows that among those buildings is Tyler The Creator’s Golf store in Los Angeles, parts of which have been covered in spray paint. However, Tyler doesn’t seem to be overly bothered by it.

Yesterday, the Golf Wang Instagram account posted a 1969 photo of members of the Black Panther party and wrote, “BLACK FURY: keep your eyes wide and educate yourself. ( black panther party, 1969).” They also added in the comments, “and the store is fine, but even if it wasnt, this is bigger than getting some glass fixed and buffing spray paint off, understand what really needs to be fixed out here. stay safe, love.”

Tyler showed his support for protesters over the weekend. On Twitter, he shared a photo of people in the streets and wrote, “beeee safe out huur.” He and Jasper were also seen protesting in Los Angeles together. He also took to his Instagram Story to share a video post of the man who brought a bow and arrow to a Salt Lake City protest and allegedly aimed it at protestors.

In related news, the music industry is set to participate in a “black out” tomorrow in response to the Floyd situation.

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Spike Lee debuted a new short film about police brutality on Sunday.

3 Brothers – Radio Raheem, Eric Garner, and George Floyd intercuts the scene from 1989’s Do the Right Thing where Radio Raheem (played by Bill Nunn) is killed by white cops with cell phone-shot footage of the arrests of Eric Garner in 2014 and George Floyd last week, both of which resulted in their deaths and nation-wide protests.

The film premiered on CNN, where the Oscar-winning filmmaker told Don Lemon, “How can people not understand why people are acting the way they are? This is not new, we saw with the riots in the ’60s, the assassination of Dr King, every time something jumps off and we don’t get our justice, people are reacting they way they do to be heard. This is the thing: the killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon.”

You can watch 3 Brothers below.

Do the Right Thing was nominated for two Oscars and is one of Lee’s four films in the National Film Registry, alongside 1986’s She’s Gotta Have It, 1992’s Malcolm X, and 1997’s 4 Little Girls. His next full-length film, Da 5 Bloods, about four African American Vietnam veterans who return to Vietnam, premieres on Netflix on June 12.

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Including gifts for the dads who say they “don’t need anything”.

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Realizing I don’t own all of these products is my newest ~pet~ peeve.

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Places to donate, things to read, and other ways to understand how your own privilege can be used to fight systemic racism and police brutality.

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