Being mindful allows you receive new information, new information renders you understanding, with understanding you ascertain awareness, having become aware you gain wisdom.
This doesn’t surprise me , yet it does upsets me to the core. Having to deal with racism in US today is a emotional task, but when you are made aware of the ways of the past , makes it seems as if this will never change.
I wanted to put into word what I felt, but I couldnât. Perhaps I was the only one who believed like it. Turns out I wasnât! 1988 a woman wrote down what I have been thinking and feeling all along.
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Came up on Daniel Pennywell post and found it speaks to what I’ve been trying to convey in my efforts to share what I believe is where the root of the problem is. Narrative that has been placed on the African American Male by the police started at the police academy. I do wonder was the African American police in training, giving different material that excluded the part about how to regarding the African American race moreso as it relates the African American Male. Lastly what happen to #GeorgeFloyd and the many many others that died senselessly at the hands of the police, it is now that we as nation kneel to the death of Institutional Racism. There is no going back, can’t redesign it because what world watched as that c.o.p. (coward on patrol) kneel on the life of #GeorgeFloyd, reveal what’s left of racism. The world could not stomach that which is left.
Randy Parson Jr
The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the Black community. According to the COVID Tracking Project, within the United States, African Americans are dying at a rate more than 1.5 times higher than their population share. Several collegiate institutions are leading initiatives to address the alarming trend, including Morehouse College. The HBCU recently received a $40âŚ
Morehouse College Receives $40M To Combat COVID-19 In Underserved Communities â NewsOne
Following the death of George Floyd, Billie Eilish shared a passionate message to her Instagram followers calling on her white fans to recognize their privilege. The lengthy statement, posted Saturday morning, was captioned with the hashtags #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd and #BlackLivesMatter. Eilishâs outrage at Floydâs death is clear in both her words and the fact that much [âŚ]
Billie Eilish Slams âAll Lives Matterâ and White Privilege: âThis Is Not About Youâ â Variety
If you see this headline and feel like retorting, âAll Lives Matterâ, think twice. The reason Black lives matter is exactly because ALL lives should matter. Iâve had real difficulty writing posts here this week. On Twitter and Facebook, my usually uplifting posts as a gardener, writer, wife, mother and lover of nature and country [âŚ]
Black Lives Matter â Cynthia Reyes
Quarantine thing must try!