I am angry. I have not been able to sleep the last several nights so I'm exhausted but now I'm just angry. Some people who are still very detached from the race relations debacle we are experiencing in this company don't get why we, as a black community, are so outraged.
We are so angry because we are scared and there is no one willing to protect us from the people who are suppose to protect us, too. We are terrified because we have to wake up everyday and wonder will we make it to our destinations outside of a body bag. We are mortified to think that our brothers, sons, fathers, husbands and friends are considered disposable. We are petrified that we will come home and our loved ones won't or we will see the barrel of a gun as our last image in this life.
We are angry because in 2016, and with the escalation of the execution and publicly televised genocide that is happening, we are still at a loss as to how to find a resolution to this mess. One group's retaliation turns into an all out war on all sides. There are no winners in this fight. There is something more behind all of this that isn't being said but I believe it is very political, strategic and purposeful.
I have cried so much today and I don't feel like it will stop anytime soon.
My colleague came to talk with me today because she didn't know how to feel in an office of people who are not affected directly by these injustices so we had to seek each other out for comfort and understanding and they will say we segregate ourselves. Can you blame us? If you don't care, we have to care for ourselves.
My prayer is that everyone leaves and comes back home alive and well.
I hope that we do not remain silent.
I hope that we will realize that our petty difference are no match for the the overall televised genocide of our people.
The revolution will lead to a resolution but first...
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