Will you ask Vladimir Putin to apologize for placing bounties on American troops head? All the troops are willing to sacrifice everything only to find their Commander in Chief doesnโt have their backs.
George Floyd and I were both arrested for allegedly spending a counterfeit $20 bill. For George Floyd, a man my age, with two kids, it was a death sentence. For me, it is a story I sometimes tell at parties. That, my friends, is White privilege.
If youโre unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my fatherโs words, youโre โmore devoted to order than to justice.โ And more passionate about an anthem that supposedly symbolizes freedom than you are about a Black manโs freedom to live.