Why Americans are wearing safety pins after the election. In the two days since Trump's shocking presidential win, stories of hate crimes against members of vulnerable populations are already circling social media. But there is a small way people can show solidarity with hate crimes victims: Wear a safety pin. Twitter user @cheeahs suggested that allies display safety pins on jackets and coats as a sign of safety for targets of public harassment. The idea being that anyone against the sort of nationalistic, racist violence we've been seeing could identify themselves as a "safe" ally. — miss pommery 1926 (@cheeahs) June 26, 2016 I'd like to come up with something that can be made by anybody anywhere to pin on their jacket or coat to signify that they are an ally. — miss pommery 1926 (@cheeahs) June 26, 2016 A safe person to sit next to on a bus, walk next to on a street, even have a conversation with. — miss pommery 1926 (@cheeahs) June 26, 2016 Now many the U.S. have adopted the practice. For those unsure how to address harassment happening nearby, don't panic— there's a guide for that. Earlier this year, illustrator Marie-Shirine Yener created a guide for what to do when witnessing anti-Muslim harassment, a piece that's gained traction on social media again in the days after the election.
For people of color, women and LGBTQ people living in Donald
Trump’s America, the threat of violence is a serious one.
In the two days since Trump’s shocking presidential win,
stories
of hate crimes against members of vulnerable populations are
already circling social media.
But there is a small way people can show solidarity with hate
crimes victims: Wear a safety pin.
The safety pin became a symbol for allyship just after the
shocking Brexit referendum that left U.K. immigrants fearing for
their safety. Twitter user @cheeahs
suggested that allies display safety pins on jackets and coats
as a sign of safety for targets of public harassment.
The idea being that…
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