George Floyd.... I'm grateful you are changing the world. My heart hurts for you, and your family and every black, every one that has ever unjustly suffered at the hands of our racist system, at the hands of our racist police force, at the hands of our racist nation...at the hands of HATE.
First, I have to say that the foundation of this country I call home is built upon raping, pillaging, stealing, murder, slavery, oppression and corrupt politics. It does not have a solid voting system. It works the way it was set up to work. It is NOT broken....it is about to be.
SO many hundreds of years of lies are intertwined, making the foundation of this country unstable with holes and cracks all up in it...making it impossible to build a solid, loving, honest and equal society.
So now, we have a hurting nation, a hurting world, that is about to gut the system and dissolve the feeble foundation of this country....
WE are about to redefine and rebuild the foundation of Human Kind. The reform, the bandaid, isn't going to suffice this time.
George Floyd's brutal murder just woke up the soul of this Earth and lit her on fire.... the mama bear woke up from hibernation, hungry and fed up.
As I attend these protests, starting with the ones that ensued directly after George Floyd's death.... I have learned our 1st Amendment isn't real. I have learned the militarized police force are the aggressors. If we really think about it, we are showing up to these protests BECAUSE of the injustice and abuse of power of the system and police force.
We don't have rights. If we did, we wouldn't be protesting the murders of our black communities, because there wouldn't be any.
I have learned I can trust the incredible communities of protesters that come from all walks of life. I have been reminded the power IS in the people. I have learned to keep learning... I'm staying open to the pain of others, to the journey and struggles of our people.
The communities at these protests are truly amazing. Complete strangers are feeding one another, nourishing one another, supporting each other, standing for others even in times of danger.....black, white, asian, etc....it doesn't matter. We are all a community with love and passion that has turned into fire.
We are all there because we are outraged by the constant injustice, by the abuse of power, by the violence and murders..... outraged because these families are broken, loved ones taken from them..... our love for justice, our love for the victims, our love for their families.... our love for our community is showing up in force, in anger, in rage.... it's a deep, deep kind of love. It's a soul kind of love.
I'm white. I was born white. I'm not sorry, it's just the skin I was given this lifetime.
My heart hurts for every injustice everywhere.
At these protests, I have heard some black speakers talk about the white people in a way that continues the segregation.
I'm here. My voice is loud, my heart feels the oppression, my soul burns for truth and justice in our communities of all colors. Empaths also come in all colors.
I walk out the door and I'm white. I get that. Just like you, I can't change my color of skin. I don't have the same concerns when I walk out the door. I'm not in immediate danger of being judged or murdered at any given moment.
I can however, speak loud and from my heart, stand on the front line, empathize, sympathize, assist, support and honor the struggles and challenges of others. Don't suppress your people. Don't suppress your white, human family during these times of change where ALL of our voices need to be heard. If we are going to stand, we need to stand together. We are there to abolish segregation....it starts today, with US. We are better together. Let my fire burn bright alongside yours....our flames together will be seen and the heat cannot go ignored.....
#ThisIsAnUprising
~Ain't no power like the power of people, and the power of people won't stop.
