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I need to get this off my chest...
5 years ago
From the desk of Jaida Danika Jupiter Corvera:
Recently, we were all witness to a grievous thing. George Floyd's death has been something that has sparked wildfires of emotions across the world - some folks are exercising their right to peaceably assemble, granted to them by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Unfortunately, I'm not one of those folks.
1. I'm an uber-introvert
2. These protests have gone quickly from peaceable to riotous in minutes.
As such, for my safety, I stay home. But I know I can't sit down and say what was done was right. I'm my own person - I can't speak for Floyd or his actions. However, being mortal, I do know that the situation wasn't handled in the right way. This has caused quite the shift of thinking, with some people calling all cops 'racist bastards' and damning the police force with threats of abolition and defunding.
I ACKNOWLEDGE:
1. No man is perfect. It's written in Romans 3:10 - "There is none righteous, no, not one."
2. The Badge and Blue has given racist assholes an air of being above the law.
I see this generalization stated above as a bit overreaching, inspired by grief and pain through the situation we have witnessed. There are some days I wonder how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would respond to this. I wonder if he'd still reiterate his ideal moment from his dream, where we all can stand together, hand in hand - man, woman; adult, child; regardless of the color of our skin.
Racism is not going to go away. It's always going to be a deep seeded part of us. I find these hideous beasts within myself. However, the longer I know you, the easier it is to punch it aside and reach out to another fellow human being out of peace and friendship.
I can't say much more. I've just got a lot. Thanks for... well... reading.
1. I'm an uber-introvert
2. These protests have gone quickly from peaceable to riotous in minutes.
As such, for my safety, I stay home. But I know I can't sit down and say what was done was right. I'm my own person - I can't speak for Floyd or his actions. However, being mortal, I do know that the situation wasn't handled in the right way. This has caused quite the shift of thinking, with some people calling all cops 'racist bastards' and damning the police force with threats of abolition and defunding.
I ACKNOWLEDGE:
1. No man is perfect. It's written in Romans 3:10 - "There is none righteous, no, not one."
2. The Badge and Blue has given racist assholes an air of being above the law.
I see this generalization stated above as a bit overreaching, inspired by grief and pain through the situation we have witnessed. There are some days I wonder how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would respond to this. I wonder if he'd still reiterate his ideal moment from his dream, where we all can stand together, hand in hand - man, woman; adult, child; regardless of the color of our skin.
Racism is not going to go away. It's always going to be a deep seeded part of us. I find these hideous beasts within myself. However, the longer I know you, the easier it is to punch it aside and reach out to another fellow human being out of peace and friendship.
I can't say much more. I've just got a lot. Thanks for... well... reading.
