Black
Lives Matter app
lets social media users mark themselves 'unsafe' in America
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A new
social media tool is making it extremely and soberingly clear how racism threatens the safety of
Black Americans.
Mark Yourself Unsafe, a web app that
Black Lives Matter organizers modeled after
Facebook Safety Check, allows
Black social media users to symbolically
mark themselves "unsafe" throughout the entire United States. The tool officially launched on Jan. 17, and it serves to highlight the current threats the
Black community faces across the nation — from
eco**mic inequality to
police violence and countless other forms of
racial bias.*
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