I am disgusted with the fact that I used to be one of the ones that would ask myself, “What privilege? I got a shit life.”
My eyes are much more open now. It is frankly very disturbing to learn how easy it was to be blind to the injustices forced on those around me. I cannot imagine what it must be like to deal with an ever present dread surrounding your day to day life. Women, too - every woman I’ve had a close friendship with is a victim of rape, including my mother. It’s horrifying to realize the virtually all women around me will at minimum be subjected to some form of sexual assault. But for anybody with darker skin than mine to logically fear ANY interaction with police. Fuck.
When will we get past this? How? Even if I can accomplish nothing else, my eyes are staying open. There is no peace in trying to pretend the pain around me isn’t there.
I am disgusted with the fact that I used to be one of the ones that would ask myself, “What privilege? I got a shit life.”
My eyes are much more open now. It is frankly very disturbing to learn how easy it was to be blind to the injustices forced on those around me. I cannot imagine what it must be like to deal with an ever present dread surrounding your day to day life. Women, too - every woman I’ve had a close friendship with is a victim of rape, including my mother. It’s horrifying to realize the virtually all women around me will at minimum be subjected to some form of sexual assault. But for anybody with darker skin than mine to logically fear ANY interaction with police. Fuck.
When will we get past this? How? Even if I can accomplish nothing else, my eyes are staying open. There is no peace in trying to pretend the pain around me isn’t there.