MLK died in pursuit of The Dream. He wasn't perfect, but he stood up and spoke truth to power. That means the rest of US despite our flaws, need to pick up the mantle and go forward even though the nation is in a mood to lynch DEMOCRACY itself.
IT HURTS to KNOW HOW MUCH HAS BEEN SACRIFICED OVER AND OVER AGAIN, but it's good to remember that there IS a way forward after each horrible setback.
I came to the realization that the MAGA group wanting "HEALING" is them trying to MAKA AMERICA "GREAT" like it was before the Civil War when "they" ruled and the rest of US knew our place. THEIR idea of healing is getting back the rotten gangrene limb that was cut off the US to save our country from being ruled by the tyranny of White Supremacy.
I am not black, but I have a lot more in common with people who have been forced to live in the margins of life due to not being born a white man, I am a woman. I STILL don't face 1/100th of what black people face daily but I SEE IT. I fight it. I HATE IT.
It's like watching your father rape your sister and feeling relieved and guilty and horrified when you take a cast iron skillet and hit him hard enough to make him stop. MY Country is a screwed up place sometimes. I do not, will not justify those who dishonor the promise of freedom to any one just because they can. BUT HOW can people be this way in the first place?
WE ARE ONE RACE. THE HUMAN RACE. The police who killed George Floyd in the street killed a member of OUR FAMILY. WE ARE ONE PEOPLE. YOU CAN NOT MURDER ANY ONE OF US WITHOUT TAKING AWAY OUR FAMILY.
IT HAS TO STOP.
IT MUST STOP.
GOD. MAKE IT STOP.
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