A letter to *us*:
It really does not matter if you proudly proclaim your allyship, wear Malcolm X t-shirts, march with thousands of others, or openly weep for fallen social warriors.
It really does not matter if you count your friends of color on more than one hand, count your tax deductions to the NAACP, count the number of people killed by angry, frightened cops.
It really does not matter if you groove to the Sun Ra Arkestra, Kendrick Lamar, or The Ink Spots.
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None of it matters unless you do the things that need doing, in your loop, right now.
Ms. Garner had a more poetic way of summing this up--she got straight to the point, one of her many strengths.
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| Erica Garner (credit Aaron Stewart-Ahn via Twitter) |
Yep, it may cost you more than that psychic hairshirt you wear a tad too proudly. Nope, you don't get any points.
Yep, your social circle may cinch up a bit. Nope, no one cares. Erica Garner reminded us what it means to hurt, to fight, to live.
Want to be sugar? Do what you need to do. What you already know needs to be done (but keep asking anyway hoping maybe saccharine is enough).
You can still wear that Malcolm X t-shirt, but keep it hidden under your clothes. Might make you feel a little bit like Clark Kent. You got the power, but nobody needs to know it.
Except you.
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