….. The murder of George Floyd was the result of inhumane police brutality that is perpetuated by a culture of white supremacy. What happened to George Floyd was not the result of a bad apple; it was the predictable consequence of a racist and prejudiced system and culture that has Black bodies as the enemy from the beginning. What happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis is the fruit of toxic seeds planted on the shores of our country in Jamestown in 1619, when the first enslaved men and women arrived on this continent. Floyd is the latest in a long list of names that stretches back to that time and that shore. Some of those names we know – Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Oscar Grant, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Emmett Till, Martin Luther King Jr. – most we don’t.

THANKS FOR THIS ONE DR. SAWYER…. “Such was the short bitter life of Brother Tod Clifton. Now he’s in this box with the bolts tightened down. He’s in the box and we’re in there with him, and when I’ve told you this you can go. It’s dark in the box and it’s crowded. It has a cracked ceiling and a clogged-up toilet in the hall. It has rats and roaches, and it’s far, far too expensive a dwelling. The air is bad, and it’ll be cold this winter. Tod Clifton is crowded, and he needs room. ‘Tell then to get out of the box, that’s what he would say if you could hear him. Tell them to get out of the box and go teach the cops to forget that rhyme. Tell them to teach them that when they call you nigger to make rhyme with trigger it makes the gun backfire.” ……Ralph Ellison “Invisible Man”

THANKS FOR THIS ONE BABY SIS (DARNICE)…..

Some are posting on social media

Some are protesting in the streets

Some are donating silently

Some are educating themselves

Some are having tough conversations with friends & family

A revolution has many lanes – be kind to yourself and to others who are traveling in the same direction

Just keep your foot on the gas……Viola Davis

THANKS FOR THIS ONE DAVE….. “What if 2020 isn’t cancelled….what if 2020 is the year we’ve been waiting for?….a year so uncomfortable, so painful, so scary, so raw – that it finally forces us to grow….a year that screamed so loud, finally awakening us from our ignorant slumber….a year we finally accept the need for change….a year we finally band together, instead of pushing each other further apart….2020 isn’t cancelled, but rather it’s the most important year of them all.”

LeBRON JAMES T-SHIRT…..

WE MARCH…..Ya’ll mad

WE SIT DOWN…..Ya’ll mad

WE SPEAK UP…..Ya’ll mad

WE DIE….Ya’ll silent…….

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER….. “Fools multiply when wise men are silent!” – Nelson Mandela