It's been a long time, we shouldn't left you...blah blah blah. We know, we know, the 3 of you who read us -- we haven't posted in a hot minute. Well, we are introducing what we hope will be a weekly installment by missDTM. She is going to be our resident Injustice Sheriff (or, other insert-cool-name-here)...she will search the internets for the really jacked up ish and post it here. Because, haters need more fuel for hate. If you see something, say something, so drop a line to missDTM or our facebook page if you spot some really foul nonsense out there in the world.
Please tell me i'm living in the twilight zone
it's been a while since i've blogged and i have to admit it's because my
heart is heavy. i just cannot get 2 things out of my mind:
1. trayvon martin
2. amandla stenberg and the hunger games
the injustice and racism of it all makes me sad and angry. it bothers
me. i want to scream at the top of my lungs about how fucked up our
society truly is and how disturbed i feel about the whole thing. it
makes me sick. and it should make you feel sick as well.
a young black teenager is shot and no one is held responsible or charged.
a movie (based on a book) is released and people are
"surprised/angry/upset" that a character is not white, even though the
book clearly states that she has dark brown skin.
seriously?
i wish someone would tell me that i am living in the twilight zone right
now because i'm not understanding how it is 2012 and this is really our
reality. what bothers me more is the fact that these are both young
people we are talking about. young people. what kind of damage is
this doing to other young people in this country? what are the messages
that are being spread? how is any of this acceptable?!
i fear for the children of my friends, plus all of our future children
(if/when we all have children). will we ever live in a time where the
color of our skin does not impact the generalizations people make about
us? will non-white characters be valued as much as their white
counterparts? will we ever be equal?
i worry that the answers to all of these questions, thoughts and ideas
in my head will forever be "no." but i am (and will always need to be)
optimistic - otherwise i will make myself crazy or never have children
of my own. i know that i tend to think "kumbaya - we're all equal -
let's celebrate our differences and accept each other as humans" but i
have to believe that this is possible. i still hope that one day i will
not cry over another young person senselessly shot or feel upset about
the nasty and negative things people say about a character in a book
because of the color of her skin (btw - if you really thought that about
rue, then your reading comprehension is off).
i still hope to one day not worry about racial injustice and its repercussions.
i don't even care how idealistic that sounds.
some articles/blogs you should read (because i'm not all that
articulate when i'm upset and think there are a lot of other people who
are):
The whole thing just makes me so sad. Young people acting so ignorant. It makes me scared for my children.
ReplyDeleteagreed. it is all very scary, especially as a mom of a boy of color.
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i love this post, and feel the exact same way about it all.
ReplyDeleteThis was a nice post and I think it is pretty easy to see from the other comments as well that this post is well written and helpful. Keep up the good work.
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