'What I can do is go take care of the people who've been protesting...'
and co-opt a statement-making movement by two Black women in the music industry, the singer was among those who questioned the efficacy of an endless feed of black squares. And as a Black, queer woman in the spotlight and a mother, it’s understandable that she sometimes feels overwhelmed by the trauma she and her community are trying to end., she opened up about the coping mechanisms that work for her.
For her, that includes providing for friends and those in need, whether by donating to organizations advocating for people without housing in her hometown of Oakland, California, or by reaching out to those joining thewhen and where she can. She even made sure that friends who had been detained by police had what they needed for their own self-care.
“I just dropped off some bath salt and CBD to a bunch of the homies the other day who were out protesting and got arrested, and their bodies were all sore,” she explained. While she hasn’t been able to protest herself, she’s making sure to fill the needs she sees when she can.
“That protection, that sharing, that, ‘Let me reach out, let me help with this. How can I be a service?’ That has to start now,” Kehlani echoed, reinforcing her own commitment to helping where she can. “And that has to come with some sense of protecting our most vulnerable, protecting our children and our women and our trans women and our queer Black people.”
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