A Reckoning on the Murder of America's Truth, George Floyd One Year Later...

One year has passed since the murder of our Brother George Floyd...

One year has passed and already America has soothed and tucked away again her guilty conscience. Already she has changed the focus and narrative of the "uncomfortable", therefore necessary, conversation regarding race as it pertains to Black folks. 

Is the "reckoning" over? Already? Surely not!

No tenure for our Sistah Nikole. 1619 was too credible therefore widely and well received, dispelling fables written about the false truth of America's history that never made sense anyway...

No teaching  Critical Race Theory, which most folks never heard of before they were told to contest it. White America is interested only in diagnosing what is "wrong" in other communities, not her own. Stop that Race Theory talk! We don't want to examine ourselves...

And no more talk about white fragility, white privilege, diversity and inclusion, white supremacy, reparations, removing statues, etc! And leave our "Karens" alone! 

I guess the "reckoning" is over. 

One year later and America has resumed her preferred state of denial. She has eased right back to her preferred comfort level ignoring the elephant in the room. Still, she is not ready to handle her truth. 

In honor of our Brother George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Emmitt Till, Sandra Bland, Breyonna Taylor and far too many others to name who have died at the hands of blatant Anti-Black racism, for which after 400+ years, there is still no bill, we, Black folks, must not allow the conversation about us to be extinguished or converted. It IS all about us! 

There are no civil rights for anyone in America without the blood, sweat, tears, loss of life, wounded dignity and continued exploitation of Black Americans. It is her truth about her greatest and ongoing sins against Black Americans that America fears most in her preferred state of denial...

Show up Black folks and raise your voice today in honor of George. Everyday in honor of all our Brothers and Sisters killed for no damn reason other than for daring to live while Black in America! May they rest in peace. May we be fearless and keep demanding justice and peace! 

If not us to remove the KNEES off our collective neck, then who? 

If not us, then why should anyone else? 

Let not the reckoning be over. We need not be concerned about other people's comfort level regarding conversations about us. Nor do we need anyone else's permission to continue the conversation about us. We get to decide when and if it is over. It ain't over...

Rise up and Lift EVERY voice Black People for we have not overcome...

Rest well My Brother. Rest well...