'Hasn’t every Black body said it all before? “Stop killing us,” we have shouted, protested, cried, begged, pleaded. To no avail. Somehow, we still keep ending up right here,' writes ProfessorCrunk
Photo: Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images This morning, I sat on the edge of my mother’s bed, watching news coverage of the murders of ten Black people in Buffalo on Saturday on her television.
The even harder truth: White racial violence is our nation’s default position. And subsequently, Black anxiety is my constant companion. White liberals, particularly the ones I have occasion to interact with on Twitter, wring their hands; they ask how to support; they bring teddy bears to memorial sites; they publicly lament the failures of whiteness; they express solidarity; they crave absolution and bristle when Black folks are hesitant to grant it.
Taken together, violent racist acts like these, the stripping of rights from women, and the collective political will to do absolutely nothing about it effectively inculcate the idea that this is normal. Just accept it. Just be scared. Just demand less. Just shut up. Just stop yelling “Black Lives Matter!” Just stop insisting on your right to vote. Just stop insisting on your right to control your reproduction. Just stop critiquing the police. Just stop it with your demands. Just stop.
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