Trying to survive-while-black or brown or.....POC
Yes, this will be an uncomfortable read for some. That's okay because being uncomfortable is not the same as being dead, or mourning the loss of a child, or trying to survive another day. Seek to understand where the rage in coming from (no, I do not condone riots or anything that perpetrates violence or hatred) but I do understand that the frustration has been building forever. Consider this... Martin Luther King, Jr . I think America must see that riots do not develop out of thin air. […] in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. […] (America) it has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. […] Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention. Remember MLK, Jr's Letter from a Birmingham Jail was written to a white audience. There is so much we, white people - privileged people based on the color of our skin, have no way of understanding. Since the beginning of our American history,...