>And there are millions of them out there. For all that
>"allies" do to distance themselves from the atrocities they
>will never know the fear, pain, hurt and loss that is average
>capacity for black folk. There are so many voices out their
>championing on a multitude of progressive issues, but none of
>them mean shit without reconciliation of the historical memory
>of slavery that ripples throughout the nation.

very well said. yes

Now imagining grandparents in Buffalo that lived through
>the height of the Klan getting murdered by that fucker. It is
>not just sobering and depressing, it is a threat to our
>future. That's the scary shit.

yeah thanks for articulating that cuz this might be what's really under my skin..that they were all (expect 1) 50 and over..6 out of 10 were 60+...these elders survived so much..including COVID!!!! only to be snuffed out in this way...

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>"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1
>thing, a musician." � Miles
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>"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."


I don't speak to provoke. I speak because I think our time is short and each moment that we are not our truest selves, and we say what we do not mean because we imagine that is what somebody wants us to say, is wasting our time on this Earth - C. Adichie