Is it just in my head...
December is here. The end of 2016. And ever since the presidential election in November, everything feels off. It feels as if we're going backwards in time. That all the progress the USA has made over the past 50 years has come to a halt and is trying to revert back to the 1950's. I fear that murders that have happened over the past years, of unarmed black people, are only just the beginning. The hatred, the fear, it has all risen to the surface of the American consciousness. Bigots, hate mongers, racists... they have no fear of the repercussions that would normally come with their outspoken hatred.
Is this what we really are as a nation? As a country? We are supposed to be the example, the beckon on the hill, the light in the darkness! And after 8 years of repairing the damage caused by the previous American President, the American people have placed into power a man with no experience in public office, a man who has only served himself and his interests into the highest position of our nation. This is going to be a hard lesson learned for the American people. 2 years to see and feel the direction this man is going to try and take the country, and another 2 years to remove him for the office. But will we learn from this mistake? Or will it take another 9-11 for us to get things right, for people to stop voting against their best interests?
Personally, I can already feel the change. In my gentrified neighborhood, the white people who have moved into the area already look as though I'm the outsider. For fuck sake, I was born and raised in this neighborhood and I'M THE OUTSIDER?!? Get the fuck out of here! But that's not what I'm talking about. My so-called neighbors aren't the problem (yet). It's the people who uphold the law. The people who are to serve and protect the people, all people, black people, white people, brown people, yellow people... ALL OF THE PEOPLE! I fear that, I, my father, my brother, any of the people of color that matter to me, might find themselves starring down the barrel of a gun of a police officer for no other reason that they were in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and some asshole office felt the need to exert their authority over someone. I can only hope that this will never happen.
To the readers who find this blog, please, PLEASE try to find it within yourself to imagine that you are a person of color, and try to understand what we go through on a daily basis. Try to empathize. Try to understand. But more importantly, try to just be a good person and act accordingly.
If you've read this blog, you know a little bit about the kind of person I am. You might realize that I feel things deeply. So I say this, thank you for taking the time to read this.
Until next time,
PEace.
Is this what we really are as a nation? As a country? We are supposed to be the example, the beckon on the hill, the light in the darkness! And after 8 years of repairing the damage caused by the previous American President, the American people have placed into power a man with no experience in public office, a man who has only served himself and his interests into the highest position of our nation. This is going to be a hard lesson learned for the American people. 2 years to see and feel the direction this man is going to try and take the country, and another 2 years to remove him for the office. But will we learn from this mistake? Or will it take another 9-11 for us to get things right, for people to stop voting against their best interests?
Personally, I can already feel the change. In my gentrified neighborhood, the white people who have moved into the area already look as though I'm the outsider. For fuck sake, I was born and raised in this neighborhood and I'M THE OUTSIDER?!? Get the fuck out of here! But that's not what I'm talking about. My so-called neighbors aren't the problem (yet). It's the people who uphold the law. The people who are to serve and protect the people, all people, black people, white people, brown people, yellow people... ALL OF THE PEOPLE! I fear that, I, my father, my brother, any of the people of color that matter to me, might find themselves starring down the barrel of a gun of a police officer for no other reason that they were in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and some asshole office felt the need to exert their authority over someone. I can only hope that this will never happen.
To the readers who find this blog, please, PLEASE try to find it within yourself to imagine that you are a person of color, and try to understand what we go through on a daily basis. Try to empathize. Try to understand. But more importantly, try to just be a good person and act accordingly.
If you've read this blog, you know a little bit about the kind of person I am. You might realize that I feel things deeply. So I say this, thank you for taking the time to read this.
Until next time,
PEace.
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