I totally get how, right about now, some folks reading this will embrace many dips of offense at various levels. Keep sipping. You might be turned off by what I am going to say. Guess what, I am not concerned with your emotions over truth. We all know people who have less melanin in their skin that enjoy their privilege. We all engage in a little bit of favor. Hopefully not at the expense of another person's mental well-being. No disclaimer is needed. I know these behaviors will not go away without a good fight. These particular species know this world has a history of colonizers coupled with the juicy blueprint of white supremacy that they've all benefited from. For the record, you may not be a person who secretly uses the n-word. You might not dribble and dabble in racism. You might even have black friends as some of you like to express. You might even have cute biracial babies with melanated people. Okay, so what! You still benefit from this firm European structured system. White privilege is never welcomed with me. Today it greeted a family member on her property, right in her yard. There is this neighbor who lives by my family member who never speaks to her. Let's call her Amy. Amy has been living at her home address for 10 years. One day Amy comes home and witnesses her neighbor in her yard cutting off purple flowers from her bush. This woman has never spoken to Amy. She didn't even bother to ask Amy if she could go in her yard to cut flowers off of her bush. This is the white entitlement we are used to. This privilege is authored by the Karens all over this world. Amy kept all of her cool in tact. Amy had every right to snap, crackle, and pop if she wanted to. She didn't play the role of the angry black girl that they love seeing. Amy was too smart for that. She did address the issue to the right person. Do you think Amy could go on her neighbors property, see something that she liked and just take it? All together, hell naw! That woman would have called the police so fast. Amy would have been arrested. Double standards, inequities and the stain of Jim Crow is prevalent in the lives of black folks. It is a never-ending battle even in 2021. Pay no attention to the two republican congressmen from Florida (Rick Scott) and (Tim Scott) of South Carolina making the comment about America not being a racist country. May the truth set them free because black people are still being lynched and oppressed. Are they serious? You do know that Rick and Tim have the same last names, right? This only means folks in Rick's bloodline owned the folks in Tim's bloodline on the Scott Plantation. It wasn't that long ago. We see the evidence of the residue from the effects, today.
This is Amy's bush with the purple flowers that grows each spring. Isn't it such a shame! Amy's rude neighbor has never spoken to Amy out of the 10 years they have been neighbors. Amy's neighbor felt so embolden to go on over in Amy's yard and cut flowers from her bush without even asking Amy if she could. She wanted flowers so she took it. What a lot of nerve! Amy told me It wasn't about the purple flowers it was the principle. As stated previously, if Amy did that to her neighbor, the woman would have called the police on her and told the cops Amy was trespassing on her property. We would have seen it all over the news. We are not moved by the spirit of false thoughts in superiority. The neighbor was ordered not to trespass on Amy's property.
Do you ever wonder what happened to all those young black boys and men that were so little, adorable, and innocent. Me too! What happened? We can blame them not having fathers, no discipline, no role-models and no respect for rules. If black lives really matters, we have to do better. You are also welcome to be in your feelings. I am about to revoke your excuses pass because there are no more time for excuses for you, me, and us not to collectively do all we can to make our communities safer and gun zone free. There is this cool cat who has a YouTube channel. My Life In The Chi is a must watch channel. This young brother has all the ratchetness your heart desires. I remember when he tried to do more positive videos. The ratings were low because we love to see violence. He started doing more of the killings and shootings in Chicago and his ratings went up. Sad but true. Check out the many hundreds of videos he has produced. He also did a documentary of Chicago's violence. Like I said, if our lives matter, and I believe that to the majority of black folks it does matter. I am going to need the others hanging by the wayside to step up. We love to talk about the police killing us but when we kill each other we remain silent. It is very disheartening and disappointing to see all of our babies getting gunned down in broad daylight and no one saw nothing. C'mon yall. This is taking men away from their sons and daughters. I concede not knowing all of the answers but if we come together and help patrol our neighborhoods we can decrease the gun violence. Shame on you for carrying all that weight around in your mind. You know its time to speak up now.
