My God, we are over a Century Away From June (What) Teenth and the path is not only littered with those who were threatened, tortured and murdered for having the Temerity To Believe They Were Human Beings, but there have been Literal, Figurative, Sense-Known, Legislative and Local Ordinances Against Every Incremental step toward that 'Shared Humanity' in America.
Those who were and are Not Black, run the gamut from engaged Liberal Marchers For Freedom, Good People Who Don't Want To Push Too Hard Too Fast for This Equality Stuff, Those Who Believe It's All Been Blown Out Of Proportion or That Racism Never Was or At Least Now Isn't The monolithic Nasty It Once Was, Those who Long For The Past Oblivious Of The Horrors Contained Within and then Out Right, Bone Deep, Dyed In The Wool Racists.
But yeah, here, buy some napkins that have Happy Juneteenth on them at Walmart....
"Black Codes" Codified Subhuman Status but with a Kiss That Said, "When You Keep To Your Place, We'll Try Extra Hard Not To Resent Your Very Existence, Beat, Rape and Kill You." Blessings Indeed.
"Medical Incident." Is that a condition those of African Descent are inclined to have? "White-Cop Kneeling On Neck Till Suffocation Occurs-Syndrome."?
What Is the Difference Between 'A White Man Kneeling On George Floyds Neck Till He Perished' and 'A White Overseer Kneeling On The Neck Of A Random Enslaved Person' In The Nineteenth Century? It ain't culpability. Laws? Little protection was afford George Floyd as a POLICE OFFICER SNUFFED OUT HIS LIFE, ON CAMERA, BEFORE AN AUDIENCE.
I don't know whose face I hate more Derek Chauvin or Nicholas Sandman. Yea, nothing to see here. "You can't sue me. What Are You Gonna Do About It? I'm A White Man With Power And You're Nothing." written all over both of their faces. Kid insisted, his look was "I'm Standing Up To You." Oh, sweetheart, it's what you were standing up to, that says everything we need to know about you. "Rope-a-Dope". Might as well be Nope-a-Dope. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Nothing.
I wouldn't out it past them to Un-Declare a Holiday That Never Really Took On The Meaning It Was Meant To, About An Ambiguous Event That Led To No Change Anyway For Those Living At the Time and Which Has Been Distilled A Century and a Half Later As Yet Another Petty Irritant Status Quo White Male America Has To Deal With, For A Moment, Before Everything Goes Back To "Normal."
Un-pass a Declaration That Doesn't Mean Anything?... Double Negative? Non-issues that cancel each other out? Well, you can still get those napkins. Probably Seveny-Five Percent Off, Now...
Thank you, for your clear writing and perspective.
https://poetpastor.substack.com/p/we-have-survived-before?r=5gejob
"absolute equality". Pwahahahahahahahaaaaa!
My God, we are over a Century Away From June (What) Teenth and the path is not only littered with those who were threatened, tortured and murdered for having the Temerity To Believe They Were Human Beings, but there have been Literal, Figurative, Sense-Known, Legislative and Local Ordinances Against Every Incremental step toward that 'Shared Humanity' in America.
Those who were and are Not Black, run the gamut from engaged Liberal Marchers For Freedom, Good People Who Don't Want To Push Too Hard Too Fast for This Equality Stuff, Those Who Believe It's All Been Blown Out Of Proportion or That Racism Never Was or At Least Now Isn't The monolithic Nasty It Once Was, Those who Long For The Past Oblivious Of The Horrors Contained Within and then Out Right, Bone Deep, Dyed In The Wool Racists.
But yeah, here, buy some napkins that have Happy Juneteenth on them at Walmart....
"Black Codes" Codified Subhuman Status but with a Kiss That Said, "When You Keep To Your Place, We'll Try Extra Hard Not To Resent Your Very Existence, Beat, Rape and Kill You." Blessings Indeed.
"Medical Incident." Is that a condition those of African Descent are inclined to have? "White-Cop Kneeling On Neck Till Suffocation Occurs-Syndrome."?
What Is the Difference Between 'A White Man Kneeling On George Floyds Neck Till He Perished' and 'A White Overseer Kneeling On The Neck Of A Random Enslaved Person' In The Nineteenth Century? It ain't culpability. Laws? Little protection was afford George Floyd as a POLICE OFFICER SNUFFED OUT HIS LIFE, ON CAMERA, BEFORE AN AUDIENCE.
I don't know whose face I hate more Derek Chauvin or Nicholas Sandman. Yea, nothing to see here. "You can't sue me. What Are You Gonna Do About It? I'm A White Man With Power And You're Nothing." written all over both of their faces. Kid insisted, his look was "I'm Standing Up To You." Oh, sweetheart, it's what you were standing up to, that says everything we need to know about you. "Rope-a-Dope". Might as well be Nope-a-Dope. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Nothing.
I wouldn't out it past them to Un-Declare a Holiday That Never Really Took On The Meaning It Was Meant To, About An Ambiguous Event That Led To No Change Anyway For Those Living At the Time and Which Has Been Distilled A Century and a Half Later As Yet Another Petty Irritant Status Quo White Male America Has To Deal With, For A Moment, Before Everything Goes Back To "Normal."
Un-pass a Declaration That Doesn't Mean Anything?... Double Negative? Non-issues that cancel each other out? Well, you can still get those napkins. Probably Seveny-Five Percent Off, Now...