This morning I am sick. Sad. Pissed. Disgusted. Hurt. Frustrated.
Last night, an armed WHITE man in Charleston S.C walked in to a historically BLACK church and opened fire on the church’s members during bible study, killing 9. (CNN) A 5-year-old in the church says she played dead, so the gunman wouldn’t shoot her too. This man gunned down BLACK people, in their sanctuary. In CHURCH, where the black community goes for comfort & unity & strength to face the shit we are put through on a daily basis in this country.
This is our REALITY. This is our everyday. We wake up to this, EVERYDAY. In our homes, in our churches, in our neighborhoods we are hunted, hated and targeted.
We can’t :
Walk on the street
Wear hoodies
Be transgender
Go to the pool
Be outside at night
Play with toy guns
Walk around in Wal-Mart
Listen to music in our Cars
Sleep in our homes
Cheer at graduations
Play in a public park
Go to bible study
Raise our arms in surrender
Laugh
Smile
Breath
Exist
Without being KILLED.
THIS IS NOT FREEDOM.
12 hours later & this terrorist is still at large. Alive. To be white in America is to be Free.
Rachel Dolezal, is RACE FLUID today?
Rest in Peace to the 9 people who lost their lives last night & Rest in Peace to the thousands who died before them at the hands of racist bigots. #BlackLivesMatter
-LawToya
