Be angry. People of Ferguson, black, white, all purveyors of justice, direct your energies to your oppressors and their oppressive practices, and heap the coals of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience over their heads. Let the 24/7 news media capture your poise, your strength, your ability to rise above the inherent double standards that American society has forced you to accept. Those who turn a blind eye to your struggle only minimize your pain and anguish, and the lack of empathy of human life lost and equal rights ignored reeks of privilege. As Brittney Cooper wrote in Salon, “I question a society that always sees the product of the provocation and never the provocation itself.” - See more at: bit.ly/1qPKII9
Posted on: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 14:00:49 +0000
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