This Appalachia Life: My Mother Wasn't Trash

[WellDarn]

50. Who do we blame?

I can answer that question (partially), at least for me.

I blame rich white people.

I blame the people who stole $60 Trillion from my ancestors

I blame the people who stripped every human institution from them with the lash and the noose

I blame the people who STILL hold the money and power THEIR ancestors stole from us

Now tell me, what do you say to people who, just like me, and just like millions of other black person, have worked hard their whole lives and are still getting cut down but who also happen to be white when they say "I blame rich white people."

Do you call them friend? Do you call them ally? Do you even call them victim?

Do you wonder why they are so vulnerable when there are charlatans out there who will call them victim and will give them someone to blame?