For George Floyd Help me… I can’t breathe… He’s going to kill me… Trigger finger, counterfeit bill, telling the officer he can’t breathe 15 times, one time too many. Taking another black man’s life Eight at night, eight minutes of pleading, a two-minute video, one body to be buried. A cop with hands in …
Press Me Down Press me down with your might, and let the badge be your excuse, Mr White. Press me down some more, for nothing more may matter. I am the sun that history designed and called inferior but I shine on, still. Let this body on the tar and the teary eyes from afar …
When I need comfort, I turn to the countenance of Congressman John Lewis. This is one of those times. I could make a list of names and souls who have been stolen from our presence, from those who love them, from those of us who inhale the pain of distortion, discrimination, outright murder and racism …
A week ago the world was already struggling to find equilibrium as folk emerged from the Covid–19 shutdown facing the new choreography of social distancing and facemasks. Then things took another dark pivot with the videotaped murder of George Floyd. What has followed presented protesters raising their arms, chanting “I can’t breathe,” more police violence …
Racism is inherently generational. We often mimic what our immediate family models, carrying bias onward in time to infect our own family or circle, much like a virus searches for a host. To break the chain, generational racism must be called out – named. Such racism often hides as a family secret. In private, it’s …
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