I
object,
to the
infringement made upon
the civil rights of BLACK
LIVES that MATTER as much as my own.
“We the People of the United States of America” … establish Justice …
Oh, really? Justice for who? Oh, you mean those Americans whose skin tone matches the parchment paper those words were written …
Did you know it’s been two centuries since a fountain pen inked the U.S. Constitution into existence? And in that time, the document has only been amended 27 times, in seventy-three thousand days.
That’s approximately once every seven years, the same for the human body to change. I guess you could say we’re overdue for an amendment to update the U.S. Constitution, one that reflects the modern day and its current population including the 42 million humans of color residing on this United States of America land.
This is not a rant, it’s an awakening. My fellow Americans, it’s a call to action to rise from your stupor, I mean slumber, to stand up from your couches, to reach for something
Other than the remote. You can no longer avert your eyes from the zombie apocalypse, that is YOU in the mirror
Not some character dressed up in a costume waiting for direction. Look closer:
Beyond the skin and bones to your soul
It feels a bit uncomfortable:
Once you start,
to see,
You can’t
Unsee.
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