After months of covid-19 bollocks reporting, there seemed to be a need to add something to the fearmongering/ I-am-outraged media mix. The death of a black man by a white police officer appeared to be the perfect catalyst to unleash protests, riots and fierce debates on racism, violence and police brutality. Police violence against people of colour in the US and across the world is nothing new, and yet somehow, these times seem to be different.
Black Lives Matter Movement Hoax
As a black man named George Floyd was allegedly killed in Minneapolis by a white police officer a bit less than two weeks ago, the Black Lives Matter Movement has found its spot back in the limelight. As a black woman I want to make it clear; fuck yeah; I and my sisters and brothers of colour matter and you don’t get to dismiss that by saying ‘all lives matter’. All lives indeed have value. However, when black people are disproportionately hurt and killed by police violence, disproportionately incarcerated, get tougher sentences compared to whites for the same crimes, and are disproportionally affected by cardiovascular disease and diabetes, it’s quite evident that not all lives matter equally. My issue with the Black Lives Matter Movement is that it only seems keen on advocating the value of black lives when a black man, often with a dodgy reputation is killed by a white police officer. You don’t hear them when black people kill other black people which happens far more often. You don’t hear BLM advocating black pride or black accomplishments. On top of that, BLM gets its money from billionaire psychopath George Soros, who ain’t a friend of the people, black or of whichever colour.
A Racist System
By calling out BLM I am not claiming that we don’t live in a racist system. On paper, I and my black brothers and sisters have the same rights as a person of any other colour. I consider myself a blessed individual and I don’t feel I have missed out on any opportunities because of the colour of my skin. That doesn’t mean I have never experienced racial bias. I doubt any of my white brothers and sisters, especially those considered ‘middle class’ have ever been ‘complemented’ on being ‘so well-spoken’ and asked whether they were adopted. No one is surprised if a white man displays a certain level of intelligence, yet if a black woman displays the same intellect, everyone marvels as if they hear a monkey speak. As a white person on a night out, it is unlikely you will be approached by complete strangers with the request for drugs, yet black people, especially black men are expected to be slingers of the wares. No one fears sitting next to a white man in a fancy suit on the tube (London metro). Yet, my black, male and gay, high-flyer friend in a suit is somehow considered a threat. That you don’t experience racial bias or choose not to see it, doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
Hiding in Plain Sight
We want to believe that we live in meritocratic times. If men and women and people of all colours have equal rights, and the world has seen female heads of government and a black man as president of the USA, then surely we live in post- racial, post-patriarchal times. And yet, these times are still dictated by a white supremacist patriarchal narrative. This might sound radical, but that doesn’t make it untrue. We still tell the tales of white men as the main heroes of past and present, whether through history or a corrupt corporate media. If this wasn’t the case, we wouldn’t (still!) be celebrating mass-murdering and land-robbing psychopath Christopher Columbus as a great hero. We wouldn’t consider the times of spice and slave trading imperialism as the ‘golden age’. We would find more extraordinary women and people of colour in our history books and there wouldn’t be a need for Black History Month. We wouldn’t be maintaining double standards for men and women, and black people wouldn’t predominantly be portrayed as victims of history, war, poverty or social circumstances.
Let One Love Rule
George Floyd’s death is yet another attempt by the sheeple herder to create division by setting up angry black folks against fearful whites as proof we are an inferior species that needs to be controlled. While plenty of people still buy into fear and divide-and-rule tactics, more and more people realise that it is high time we tell a different story. One that talks of love, understanding and true diversity. A tale that expresses the willingness to listen to the other, empathy for the other’s experience, and acceptance that someone might have a different opinion. A narrative that preaches unity rather than us-versus-them, freedom rather than control, because that is true power. Be afraid, sheeple herder. We the people, women, men, trans and non-binary of all shades, sexual orientations, creeds and whatever else you say divides us are coming for you, and what we will do is let one love rule. Truly radical that.
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