To all the black people out there, I’m sorry you have to go through all of this.
100’s of murders of black people go unreported every year.
I was watching The Umbrella academy a few days back and they time traveled back into the 60’s where black people were still considered an anomaly and were treated like disrespect with separate salons and restaurants. They had just started to fight for equal rights and whatnot.
It’s a fictional tv show so I really don’t know the accuracy of how the historical events took place but nonetheless it was a very sad sight to see.
Jumping here to 2020, things haven’t really changed. They may have gotten a bit better but black people are still looked at and treated in a terrible way. I have not had much interaction with black people but I have friends and as sad as that is, if you put me in a room full of black people, I would be uncomfortable. It’s not because im racist, I’m not. I wouldn’t dare.
I have friends who are black but there is a very fine division between black and white people unfortunately.
I wish I had more exposure with them because no matter how hard I try I think this division will stay. It’s not that I’m afraid of black people, the world has just portrayed them as evil beings who will hurt you if you approach them. That’s not true, AT ALL. White privilege takes advantage of the lack of positive reinforcements about black people and treats them like animals. I came across this article and it just broke my heart.
How can one lock up a child in a cage. The people who are doing this are the animals, not the people inside the cage.
It’s taken me awhile to talk about all of this since I am not one to get involved in and write about current events.
George Floyd isn’t the only one who was murdered because of the color of his skin.
Breonna Taylor, Shukri Yahye-Abdi, these 2 are just the tip of the iceberg. 100’s of murders of black people go unreported every year.
Shame on mankind, nothing has changed since the 60’s. We’re at that standstill and clearly refuse to change because we’re so set in our ruthless ways.
It seems like ‘The Black Lives Matter’ movement is an endless cycle that can never stop because things do settle down for a while but a few months later, another incident takes place and we’re back to square one.
This has been happening for decades and it’s their constant struggle which brown and white skinned people will never be able to understand. That’s just the harsh reality of things.
All I can do to conclude this topic from my side is to say that it’s an endless fight for you and I wish it wasn’t like this but it is.
Be strong but cry when you need to, be angry but in a subtle way in the privacy of your own home, be happy but don’t jump around with happiness on the streets, the people who refuse to accept you as humans with equal rights might think you’re about to do something to harm them. How sad is it to live in a world full of fear.
Some of you might not believe in God but I’m sure He’s given you alternative reality where you, the black people are the ones who hold the power and the peace of the world.
I’m sorry that you have to spend your life in fear of being shot at any time of day even in the comfort of your own homes. There will be a day where the racists of the world will suffer as you suffer when things like these happen to you, maybe not in the same way but what you give does eventually comes back to haunt you. I may not be able to support you directly but my heart does go out to every black person who deals with such tragedy.
Do not give up hope, keep fighting and maybe in another decade or so things will get better for you.
I have said all I needed to stay but remember, let hope be your driving force.
