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Battle Plans

“Fight for the things you care about in a way that will lead others join you.”

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

You need to make Battle Plans, not for the Zombie Apocalypse, but sooner or later They are Going To Come For You. You’re confused about “your place”. You’re not “staying in your lane” and it ain’t working for them. Now that we got a bit of justice for George Floyd, a settlement for Breonna Taylor and policemen across the country losing jobs for their criminal, racist acts, they know we’re going to want more and that video is going to be our irrefutable witness and give us our day in court.

We are still the “race problem” and the camel’s nose under the tent. They don’t want us at the table. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP POWER AND SHARE PRIVILEGES! I am not advocating violence. I am advocating self-protection and self-determination. They are still killing us. Black Lives Do Matter! I could get all Nation Of Islam about this, but understand, they are not going to give up their place in life to be our allies. When the rubber meets the road, when the battle lines are drawn, most of them are going to drive in the other direction and join the other side.

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Guilty

The guilty verdict in the George Floyd murder trial isn’t about police reform or political reform. It’s about personal reform. It’s recognizing that murder is murder whoever does it and that justice represented as “blind and balancing scales” has been out of balance for people of color for a very long time. The verdict is about individuals. People have to care enough about other people to make the right and good choice when confronted with any crime against their fellow man especially murder, the most monstrous. It may mean forgoing privilege, or turning the other cheek or simply standing up, but it needs to be done if we are all to move up, not simply forward. Some folks are extolling this a a milestone or turning point. We need to continue to work, and work diligently towards a society that recognizes and accepts equality for everyone. It’s not the line in the sand. It’s the continued journey.

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Black History Month

History doesn’t matter to the man who has to feed his family tomorrow. What matters are the actions he must take today.

This banner was flown by the NAACP’s NYC office from 1920-1938 every time a black person was lynched I’m America. Even once was too much. Most importantly, we most stop the continued “lynchings”.