I’ve been thinking about a lot of quotes recently. Then, I started seeing one circulating yesterday that made me want to scream.
Revolution Is Never Clean
Rioting is what’s going on for sure, because the definition of riot according to Merriam Webster is, a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd. However, the people inciting the riots aren’t necessarily the protestors and not every protest ends with a riot. Have you been seeing videos circulating of the way police have been treating protestors? Lest we not forget why these protests are happening. This started as a protest for George Floyd, and has evolved into a protest for all black lives. Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery are the most recent names that come up when talking about homicidal police, but there are so many more lives we are fighting for. The protests are happening because law enforcement has not been upholding its duty to protect its citizens. People in uniform have been using it as a cover to terrorize black communities and kill unarmed black people with impunity.
We are tired.
This tension had an inevitable breaking point. How much longer did society expect us to continue moving along with the status quo while our brothers, sisters, mothers, friends, family were being gunned down in the street with no remorse, without consequence, and SO FREQUENTLY. We are tired of reminding people our lives matter. We are tired of our pleas to stop killing us fall on uncaring ears. We are tired of having to defend our anger and explain our frustration. We are tired.
How Many Times Must We Say Their Names?
Black people have been suffering at the hands of this society for far too long. If I hear one more person say that we need to pull ourselves up as if we were ever on even playing ground. I don’t know. I’m at serious breaking point. A fucking meltdown is imminent. As I’ve said numerous times before in various posts, the fact there has never been a public apology, a serious discussion, a real examination of slavery in this country we will never properly heal.
Inescapable Introversion
I’m an introvert and this hasn’t been easy. I keep seeing all these twitter posts, think pieces, and memes about how Introverts are thriving in this time of isolation.