Politics: Black Lives Matter
Dec. 12th, 2014 11:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fabrisseOn the floor of the House
Congressional Staffers yesterday
Yale Black Men's Union
I have a hard time talking about this. I am a white person working in a predominantly black environment. It amazes me how many people assume that, because I'm white, I share their retrogressive or downright bigoted opinions.
So let me tell you that I am so proud of my colleague's son, who is number 22 on that Yale Black Men's Union page (look for the word "Minoritized"). Let me tell you that I'm angry that not one white colleague joined in the silent witness on the floor of the House. Let me tell you about the friends who've been stopped because they're driving a nice car or driving through a neighborhood the cops don't expect a person of color to live in. Let me tell you about my friend whose son was beaten so badly at a traffic stop that the policeman in charge of lock-up refused to let him in and immediately called an ambulance (and bless him for doing so). It's harder to find these stories among my friends and acquaintances who share my skin color.
Lives matter. All lives matter. Black lives matter.
Congressional Staffers yesterday
Yale Black Men's Union
I have a hard time talking about this. I am a white person working in a predominantly black environment. It amazes me how many people assume that, because I'm white, I share their retrogressive or downright bigoted opinions.
So let me tell you that I am so proud of my colleague's son, who is number 22 on that Yale Black Men's Union page (look for the word "Minoritized"). Let me tell you that I'm angry that not one white colleague joined in the silent witness on the floor of the House. Let me tell you about the friends who've been stopped because they're driving a nice car or driving through a neighborhood the cops don't expect a person of color to live in. Let me tell you about my friend whose son was beaten so badly at a traffic stop that the policeman in charge of lock-up refused to let him in and immediately called an ambulance (and bless him for doing so). It's harder to find these stories among my friends and acquaintances who share my skin color.
Lives matter. All lives matter. Black lives matter.
