Letters for Black Lives: A reading in Hindi
Channel: Dil to Dil
Date: 05/06/2020

Created by Ragini Jha and Sachin Doshi. Please direct any suggestions or feedback to @ragsjha (https://www.instagram.com/ragsjha) and @sachin.honortomeetyou (https://www.instagram.com/sachin.honortomeetyou). 

We became aware of Letters for Black Lives in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Although a Hindi letter is available, this version includes what we hope are significant improvements to the existing letter. We recorded this video after getting feedback that the letter was more accessible in spoken form. The written text can be accessed at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YA18Hja8mur9Ia46a3qTEITtJ2ONOXsjAfQez07W8Bo/edit?usp=sharing.

More info: This video was adapted from the work of Letters for Black Lives (https://lettersforblacklives.com/), a group of BIPOC who in 2016 created a set of multilingual and culturally aware resources for Asian-Americans who want to talk to their immigrant parents about anti-Blackness in their own communities and families. While the first letter is by no means comprehensive, it’s a first step towards what they hope will be greater inter-generational dialogue and understanding about race and police violence. We are incredibly grateful for their efforts.

If you find this useful, please consider sharing it with any WhatsApp groups or other family threads you may be a part of. Do not underestimate your ability to navigate difficult conversations with loved ones and, in time, to shift their ingrained beliefs from a place of compassion. 

Letters for Black Lives currently need help translating their letter into many other languages, including Punjabi, Gujarati, and more. If you or someone you know is able to help, please go to https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jAW1PThiyP6KZiUUro4cD-xI6eOMWByig6DYF7X_bHs/edit#. 

You can also follow Letters for Black Lives on Twitter (https://twitter.com/lettersforbl) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/lettersforbl/).

If you'd like to add subtitles in other languages to this video, you can do so at http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=share&v=8Xq8xQW6Ac0.