We, the Digital Rhetoric Collaborative, work toward supporting all who combat anti-Blackness and systemic racism and commit to this work ourselves, and we support and participate in all expressions that condemn and reject white supremacy, bigotry, and hate, in any media. Here, we want to reaffirm that our work in digital technologies is directed toward combating white supremacy as it circulates within and through digital technologies and providing support for all who have been subjected to anti-Blackness and all who fight it. If you need an avenue to spread ideas of digital activism, digital help, digital hope, we offer our network to implement those ideals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear DRC Community, These painful past few weeks have called on those of us at the DRC to reaffirm: Black Lives Matter. The murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, David McAtee, Nina Pop, and countless others are symptoms of deeply entrenched white supremacy in the United States. 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