this, exactly this
This gentleman in the video below, in just a few minutes says some of what I’ve written over the last 8 years. I write a lot, lots of words. I share a very small % of what I actually write. What I’ll ever do with all of it, I don’t know. There are enormous emotion this week among those in my world who are like minded. Want to know what I’ll bet on? That we won’t be storming the capital in January.
After this post I’m taking another break. When, if I come back, I will expect my Friends number to have dropped. Go ahead, unfriend and block me because I won’t. You’ll have to do that. As much as I absolutely disagree with your choice, I know it was your choice and for now we still have a choice. We all deserve security, opportunity and freedom. We also deserve Black female excellence over white male mediocracy every day.
I see the harm that we have allowed and passed as acceptable. I see the harm that will come. Harm that I truly hope doesn’t touch any of you. I just doubt that it won’t impact all of us. So much at risk.
If you feel any of this harms you, please check in with your Black, Brown and LGBTQIA+ friends. Just don’t ask them to help you feel better. Consider their past and now their future. Make sure they are okay.
“What happened to the notion of not calling people names and being nice to one another? Just asking…”. Yes, I will ask this for her, for me and you, over and over and over again.
May you be safe. May you be happy. May you be healthy. May you live with ease.