To my ‘so-called friends’ & the Master-minds
I chuckle when I hear the enablers who call themselves my friends attempt to justify yesterdays domestic terrorist attack.
Even saying, all violent protests are bad and they should all be condemned in an attempt to deflect
True. but you have yet to condemn yours, my ‘so-called ‘friends.’ And bringing up BLM protests as to compare it to the ‘Trumpers’ attempted coup yesterday says way more about your bias than reality. With no mention of the dozens of other protests that get messy due to heightened emotions; you go straight for Black people, and it leaves one to wonder what yesterday was ‘really’ about, ‘so-called ‘friends.’
You proud boys & girls are so blinded by your bigotry you fail to see that we aren't. Having a relative thats Black has clearly had no effect on your inherited beliefs that we just shouldn't be. But the common thread of hate toward people like me and whom I love the most in this world are clear. and thats personal to me, my so-called friend.
For some context: Black folks protest the unfair treatment & death rate at the hands of those who are to serve & protect. A concept that is backed by data of nearly every known institution in this country. Facts & numbers that detail the 4th tier; sub-par treatment of fellow humans (criminal justice, medical, education, political, environmental, housing, etc). And in that fight for justice, sometimes things get messy. But let’s be clear about who has historically and continuously introduced violence into the equations to begin with.
Was it the Black protestor that stole a TV from Target?
Was it the Black man jogging in a park?
Was it the big Black man selling bootleg CD’s?
Yet I see you- my ‘so-called friends’ show more compassion for Target electronics than you have for dead Black lives, repeatedly. Yet, we march on.
When ‘Masterminds’ (shot-callers-above our pay grade) make this a
Black vs Blue;
Democrat vs Republican;
Liberal vs Conservative thing
You all blindly follow..
These simple-thinking ‘Masterminds’ can never comprehend the complexities of our humanity and limit our vastness into tiny left & right boxes. And you all eat that shit right up, don’t ya; my ‘so-called friends’.
I never let politics impede with friendships or family as a matter of preserving relationships with people I love. So if the extent of our conversation has to be family and dog food; be prepared to talk about every dog food brand under the sun & my love for my 3rd cousin, twice removed, because I’m guided by the most high. But your actions, my ‘so-called friends’ and your words aren’t from a place of political astuteness; but from a lack of willingness to open your heart to people that only look different. And your intolerance is personal to me.
The one damn thing that should never be controversial if you value values is inclusive participation in our civic duties to vote for the representation we deem appropriate for our collective peace. Yet when the ‘Master-minds’ create a theory of election fraud because poor, Black, brown, immigrant folks couldn’t have possibly showed up in drones; and hide it under the false disguise of a political party fight; ya’ll gobbled it up like turkeys. Look up the demographics of the most contested voting districts and tell me what you see. If this were in fact a Democrat vs Republican issue; well then the fact that several Republican professionals certified the results should leave you resolved; shouldn't it, my so-called friends?
But it didn't & it doesn’t.
You and I both saw nooses, KKK, white supremacists, confederate flags on the news and heard racial slurs, armed efforts to take over a government that dared live up to the standards set forth by your own fore fathers called for.
Was this really about an election?
The same folks beat up police officers who dared protect our public servants from the insurrection.
Was this ever about Blue Lives?
Breaking into the US Capitol burning and damaging property paid by your tax payer dollars & posing a risk to so many:
Was this ever about Target or unlawful behavior?
You see, my so called friends; when Black Lives marched, we did it seeking justice. When you defend yesterdays extremists you are defending the exact opposite. You are aiding & abetting injustice and terrorists.
You can say its political, or let the ‘Master-minds’ chalk it up as a Black Lives Matter vs Cops, a Liberal vs Conservative even an election fraud thing but ultimately, my so-called friend; your belief in our non-existence means you are NOT my friend & are simply pushing the agenda of your own ‘Master’ mindset.
And I can’t get down with that. Wishing you reflection and love to drown out the hate.
Damali
As for looters, people with the means don’t need to steal the jeans.