If we continue
to keep ourselves in a box defined by a society that doesn’t embrace our
uniqueness, we will be forever bound by stereotypes, hatred, and the idea that
blacks can be fractionated, our culture easily defined, and bodies worth
nothing. The bank account for passivity is bankrupt and the percentage of those
who are angry is steadily rising.
I am not 3/5.
I am not my melanin.
I am not my
hair.
I am not my gpa.
I am human.
I am morgan Siobhan green
Thursday, December 4, 2014
The complexity of the human race
To those that ask me what I am...
I don't know. I am Morgan. I was born in Illinois. My parents were born in Illinois. Regardless where I'm from or what I am my skin is brown.
My parents are educated, as am I, and it hasn't kept me from being pulled over.
Sat on the pavement. Searched. Followed. Etc.
To assume that any two people in any culture are the same is simply impossible.
To assume that all blacks are capable of heinous crimes is preposterous.
I'm advocating for the complexity of the human race. Not by color gender socioeconomic etc but by humanity
While still understanding the issues we are dealing with right now are rooted in stereotypes. Racism and the idea that their is a cultural hierarchy.
Those that are committing these crimes. Killing innocent men believe that they are justified in their actions
1. Because the victims were black therefore they had to be up to something
2. They could get away with it
It's that simple. To them.
I am more complex than my race and the color of my skin. I have dreams, desires, hobbies etc that make me who and what I am. My race is but one facet of that but while we are killing those of my race simply because of their skin I will continue to advocate for a world in which we don't see color and tack on traits. We don't see race and assume the worst and judge. History, literally, keeps repeating itself. Over and over again. To be upset that we are upset is to say black lives don't matter. Human lives are expendable and the anyone can project their own personal Darwinism upon me.
I don't know. I am Morgan. I was born in Illinois. My parents were born in Illinois. Regardless where I'm from or what I am my skin is brown.
My parents are educated, as am I, and it hasn't kept me from being pulled over.
Sat on the pavement. Searched. Followed. Etc.
To assume that any two people in any culture are the same is simply impossible.
To assume that all blacks are capable of heinous crimes is preposterous.
I'm advocating for the complexity of the human race. Not by color gender socioeconomic etc but by humanity
While still understanding the issues we are dealing with right now are rooted in stereotypes. Racism and the idea that their is a cultural hierarchy.
Those that are committing these crimes. Killing innocent men believe that they are justified in their actions
1. Because the victims were black therefore they had to be up to something
2. They could get away with it
It's that simple. To them.
I am more complex than my race and the color of my skin. I have dreams, desires, hobbies etc that make me who and what I am. My race is but one facet of that but while we are killing those of my race simply because of their skin I will continue to advocate for a world in which we don't see color and tack on traits. We don't see race and assume the worst and judge. History, literally, keeps repeating itself. Over and over again. To be upset that we are upset is to say black lives don't matter. Human lives are expendable and the anyone can project their own personal Darwinism upon me.
To those who can't see themselves on the pavement...
For those that can't find the issues with these crimes and want to
play devils advocate. To those that believe that the world is black and
white. It's not. We are complex beings. Saggy pants doesn't equal
laziness. A college degree doesn't equal intelligence. We are a society
engrained in visual verification. Show me. Show me.
It infuriates me that we still make comments like "wanting to be white". I'm a person. I have traits too complex to be bound by stereotypes. Too unique to be confined by idiocracy.
It infuriates me that we still make comments like "wanting to be white". I'm a person. I have traits too complex to be bound by stereotypes. Too unique to be confined by idiocracy.
Unfortunately, in these types of situations you are forced to pick
sides (I pick the indictment side, just to clarify). We defend these
issues not because we are black but because we are human. Because it
should sicken anyone to see a person lose their life at the hand of
those who are employed to protect them. To watch wives bury their
husbands. Mothers buying their sons.
These men are not animals. There is no such thing as black rage. For hundreds of years black bodies have been a mystery to the western world. The way we are shaped. Our laughter. Our existence has been a mystery. Not one worth exploring but one worth exploiting. Not one worth delighting in but destroying.
I'm angry. I'm sickened and frankly I'm pissed.
I have a right to be and for those who don't see or understand why, I would say look around but unfortunately I can also say, pick up a history book and tell me what progress we have made? We have replaced ropes with bullets.
Maybe the reason some black fathers aren't in the home is because institutionalized racism has stolen them. Police brutality has taken them and Justice didn't defend them.
#nojusticenopeace
#toomanynames
#blacklivesmatter
These men are not animals. There is no such thing as black rage. For hundreds of years black bodies have been a mystery to the western world. The way we are shaped. Our laughter. Our existence has been a mystery. Not one worth exploring but one worth exploiting. Not one worth delighting in but destroying.
I'm angry. I'm sickened and frankly I'm pissed.
I have a right to be and for those who don't see or understand why, I would say look around but unfortunately I can also say, pick up a history book and tell me what progress we have made? We have replaced ropes with bullets.
Maybe the reason some black fathers aren't in the home is because institutionalized racism has stolen them. Police brutality has taken them and Justice didn't defend them.
#nojusticenopeace
#toomanynames
#blacklivesmatter
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