my daughter just said: “why does the media air the looting but not the police brutality that continues to occur against the protestors. it’s as if they want to divide the citizens and inflame the problems we already have for ratings”
she’s 18 months old
“Do you believe that #BlackLivesMatter ?
‘Yes but-‘
There is no but! Those are the same type of people who would have interrupted Jesus during the sermon on the mount. Jesus would’ve been like, ‘blessed are the poor-“
‘No Jesus, blessed are all people.’”
Whew. This is good.
If you’re unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my father’s words, you’re “more devoted to order than to justice.” And more passionate about an anthem that supposedly symbolizes freedom than you are about a Black man’s freedom to live.