You saw it too. I was watching clips from Jesse Jackson's homegoing service. Then all of a sudden, people who openly despised this man and ALL that
You saw it too.
I was watching clips from Jesse Jackson’s homegoing service. Then all of a sudden, people who openly despised this man and ALL that he stood for pretended to care. Who even knew that they were paying attention?
I have other things to do when they mourn the people among them who pass away. Or I find things to do. (I learned that as a girl. You would be getting on an elder’s nerves and they would tell you to find you something to do.)
I mentioned in another post that Jesse Jackson came to my church once. He was surrounded by security. Like Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson did not live a life without critics and threats.
People ask, “Why make everything about race?”
But for many of us, race was never optional.
It was never something we could turn on or off.
It shows up in how you are watched.
How you are questioned.
How your pain is doubted.
How your safety is negotiated.
So when people say, “Why bring race into it?”
what they are really asking is:
“Why won’t you pretend it isn’t happening?”
The truth is simple.
Many people in this country are allowed the luxury of ignoring race.
Others are forced to live inside its consequences every single day.
Silence does not protect you.
Quiet does not erase it.
Politeness does not dissolve it.
You may want peace.
But wanting peace does not mean you are granted it.
That is not bitterness.
That is observation.
And observation is where truth begins.
Reality does not become less real because someone is uncomfortable hearing it.
Survivors of violence and abuse know, reality does not care about your feelings.