Waste of spaces.
I often want this space on the internet to be light and fun but it is also my diary of sorts and I can�t leave it blank from what�s going on in our world. Let�s just say that I�m at the angry stage. I was in disbelief at first (not sure why because America) but now I�m pissed. And the issue isn't even that I'm pissed, the issue is, why aren't you?
The thing is that when you�re a black person living in America, you�ve already dealt with a lot of issues that people can only imagine; and sometimes they can't even do that. It�s being followed when you�re in the store because of the color of your skin, it�s white people telling you that you don�t talk like a black person as though there�s a way to know what a black person sounds like, it's being told that you�re pretty for a black girl by more than one white person, it�s being told that you got the job because of affirmative action; when in fact white women are the ones who have benefited the most from affirmative action. Don't believe me, do some research. It's being called the N word by a bunch of white college guys (driving by in a truck) while you're walking on your college campus. It is having to explain to your husband why we can't live or travel to certain places in America because of the color of my skin.
And this is just my personal experience. But trust me when I say I have a lot more.
It is having to cancel your weekend plans to drive to see your sister and her family. Why? Because your older sister is worried for your safety because cops are stopping and summoning black people while driving with absolutely no grounds.
It is your sister telling you not to travel to see her without Sean, as she would be more comfortable if Sean, a white person, was in the car with me. This isn�t her being extra but because this week that is what happened to her. She was summoned for inappropriate use of her cellphone when the cop clearly saw that her cell was in her purse. Why didn�t he just admit that he made an error when he realized he stopped her for no reason? The thing was he was stopping her for NO reason.
And I don�t want to hear that stuff like this happens all the time. I know the reason why she was stopped, she knows the reason why she was stopped. She also knows that it is because my niece (sleeping) and nephew (singing) were in their car seats that it did not get ugly when she asked (politely, sucks that I feel that I have to add that) why she was being stopped.
I�ve been in the car with Sean (SO MANY TIMES!) going over 30 miles per hour and he being given warnings to slow down. One state trooper actually told him to, "Slow down bro". And trust me, every.single.time he should have been given a ticket!
It�s a sad and scary world we�re living in. Some of y�all are truly lucky because you don�t live with constant worries about things that people of color worry about. We worry about the same things you worry about (family members getting sick, losing a job, death of love ones, etc) but then we get added worries about being treated poorly or just killed because of the color of our skin.
And when the president of the United States actually says that those protesting Nazis are just as bad as Nazis, how can any one of color be safe?! How can people still stand with and behind a president who does that? To be honest, I�m glad he said what he did. Because there�s no sugar coating it. There�s no, he didn�t mean what he said. He said it; loud, proud and clear. And if you decide to still support him then you�re just as bad as him. Yes, I said it, you are just as bad as him. I�m not going to make excuses for people who say they aren�t racist but CLEARLY don�t mind racism. If you don�t mind racism then you are racist. Plain and simple.
Forget your political party (let's be honest, none of them care about us!), it is no longer about that, and if you didn't know that by now you haven't been paying attention. Seriously, it must be so nice to live in that world.
I just wish there is an undiscovered land that we could find to have all these pieces of shit dumped on and left to figure it out on their own. You want to live in a world with people that only look like you, then by all means find that place and go there. Leave the rest of us to live in a world full of beautiful diversity. It is no longer even about tolerance. It is about being a damn good person.
Just be a good, decent human being, that isn�t fucking racist.
P.S. I would normally apologize about the cursing, but I'm not sorry. Racists deserve all the fucking curse worlds in the dictionary.
The thing is that when you�re a black person living in America, you�ve already dealt with a lot of issues that people can only imagine; and sometimes they can't even do that. It�s being followed when you�re in the store because of the color of your skin, it�s white people telling you that you don�t talk like a black person as though there�s a way to know what a black person sounds like, it's being told that you�re pretty for a black girl by more than one white person, it�s being told that you got the job because of affirmative action; when in fact white women are the ones who have benefited the most from affirmative action. Don't believe me, do some research. It's being called the N word by a bunch of white college guys (driving by in a truck) while you're walking on your college campus. It is having to explain to your husband why we can't live or travel to certain places in America because of the color of my skin.
And this is just my personal experience. But trust me when I say I have a lot more.
It is having to cancel your weekend plans to drive to see your sister and her family. Why? Because your older sister is worried for your safety because cops are stopping and summoning black people while driving with absolutely no grounds.
It is your sister telling you not to travel to see her without Sean, as she would be more comfortable if Sean, a white person, was in the car with me. This isn�t her being extra but because this week that is what happened to her. She was summoned for inappropriate use of her cellphone when the cop clearly saw that her cell was in her purse. Why didn�t he just admit that he made an error when he realized he stopped her for no reason? The thing was he was stopping her for NO reason.
And I don�t want to hear that stuff like this happens all the time. I know the reason why she was stopped, she knows the reason why she was stopped. She also knows that it is because my niece (sleeping) and nephew (singing) were in their car seats that it did not get ugly when she asked (politely, sucks that I feel that I have to add that) why she was being stopped.
I�ve been in the car with Sean (SO MANY TIMES!) going over 30 miles per hour and he being given warnings to slow down. One state trooper actually told him to, "Slow down bro". And trust me, every.single.time he should have been given a ticket!
It�s a sad and scary world we�re living in. Some of y�all are truly lucky because you don�t live with constant worries about things that people of color worry about. We worry about the same things you worry about (family members getting sick, losing a job, death of love ones, etc) but then we get added worries about being treated poorly or just killed because of the color of our skin.
And when the president of the United States actually says that those protesting Nazis are just as bad as Nazis, how can any one of color be safe?! How can people still stand with and behind a president who does that? To be honest, I�m glad he said what he did. Because there�s no sugar coating it. There�s no, he didn�t mean what he said. He said it; loud, proud and clear. And if you decide to still support him then you�re just as bad as him. Yes, I said it, you are just as bad as him. I�m not going to make excuses for people who say they aren�t racist but CLEARLY don�t mind racism. If you don�t mind racism then you are racist. Plain and simple.
Forget your political party (let's be honest, none of them care about us!), it is no longer about that, and if you didn't know that by now you haven't been paying attention. Seriously, it must be so nice to live in that world.
I just wish there is an undiscovered land that we could find to have all these pieces of shit dumped on and left to figure it out on their own. You want to live in a world with people that only look like you, then by all means find that place and go there. Leave the rest of us to live in a world full of beautiful diversity. It is no longer even about tolerance. It is about being a damn good person.
Just be a good, decent human being, that isn�t fucking racist.
P.S. I would normally apologize about the cursing, but I'm not sorry. Racists deserve all the fucking curse worlds in the dictionary.
Bye.
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