Maybe you've been celebrating it every day with a daily fact calendar and spending a little extra at that one Black owned business. Maybe you're sad to see the month come to a close, but happy it's inspired you to redouble your antiracist efforts.
You may think I'm about to get on some moral high horse and lambast you for not paying out reparations to every Black person you know. But no, I'm not.
Of course, if you aren't Black (and ESPECIALLY if you're white) you should have. But I get it. Shit sucks right now.
Money's probably tight for you. You or someone you know is probably in some mess and needs all the support they can get. And even if everything is just peachy in your life, it doesn't feel like it. You feel powerless, or useless, or overstimulated, or this looming dread over every moment.
The things you feel are valid. That disquiet in the air is manufactured. The degradation of everything at once is by design. These things aren't random chance; they are being done to us. There are people who are doing them to us purposely.
And they aren't going to stop because you're overwhelmed or your tired or you don't know how to respond. In fact, they're just going to keep pushing harder. Pity and appeals to morality will not stop them. Appearing respectable or obedient will not stop them. They understand no language than power.
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Or maybe nothing is going to change for you.
Of course, if you aren't Black (and ESPECIALLY if you're white) you should have. But I get it. Shit sucks right now.