Just My Personal Feelings (non-Soccer) BLM Always

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I’m actually at a loss for words but this was as much as I could muster:

I have never sat in a classroom, or any room for that matter, and felt like the smartest kid. I could snake my way through a class year-by-year but never felt like I was at a similar level of the “smarter kids.” Even to this day, a recent college grad, and I could still imagine Jeff Foxworthy telling me I am not smarter than a 5th grader. But above all that, I know inequality when I see it. I know injustice when I see it. And I know just basic fucked up things when I see them.

As a first-generation Latino male, I’ve only ever identified with people of color. I’ve only ever attended schools where minorities were the majority of the student body. And through all that, while I feel I could ever identify as a white man, my skin tone has. The pigmentation of my skin has allowed me benefits I could never outwardly understand. Benefits that some of my friends could never experience. Hell, benefits that my own father could never experience. It sucks to have what I think is white guilt, while never seeing myself as a white man.

But I’ll tell what sucks even worse. To experience systemic racism and oppression from the government and other disgraceful-pathetic humans. To see people of your same skin color being murdered by people who are put in place to “serve-and-protect.” Our friends in the black community have been suffering this same bullshit day in and day out for the last 400+years. They are tired. And let me tell you,

People who do not identify as African-American’s should not be allowed to be tired.

Those people who want to be allies to the black community should be angry. Angry, that in our own country, state, city, and neighborhoods, this shit has been going on. Angry that this issue of treating others with basic human decency and empathy was not resolved by those before us. Angry that change is not around the corner because these are merely the first couple of steps. Angry that YET ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK MAN was shot by the police, leaving him paralyzed. Angry that a fucking moron 17-year-old can walk around with an Assault Rifle, kill 2 people, and get let off for the night because of the color of his skin. Angry that the chief of police of Kenosha, Wisconsin could have the audacity to say this stupid senseless shit:

I am disgusted with everything that has occurred in the last week or so. But I am damn pissed off that it has continued to happen.

I want to acknowledge what the Milwaukee Bucks did yesterday. I think it got swept under the rug a little bit with a lot of other teams following suit. But they allowed for athletes all over the US, to understand that they don’t have to compete under these stressful times. That in the midst of the most competitive times of their sporting careers, they can drop all that to address something vastly more important. While the kneeling and the messages on the back of their jerseys helps initiate discussion, it’s stepping off the court, and saying ‘are you listening now’ that really makes what Milwaukee did incredible. Imagine, where they don’t go about walking off the court.

The games would probably continue as scheduled leaving some athletes with the heavy burden of playing while not being able to fully express their feelings. Of trying to be focused on competing at an elite level knowing that yet another grave injustice has occurred.

BTW big middle finger to all the sports teams and sports that just continued about their routines like nothing is going on. As a Chicago Cubs fan, I have never in my life been more disappointed in them, then to see them go out and play knowing their teammate Jason Heyward did not feel this game should’ve been played. I hate that shit.

My call to action if you will…

I know you have heard it before, about voting, BUT VOTING ISN’T ENOUGH! In my eyes, blind voting is slightly less bad than not voting. People need to understand who and why they should vote for said person. AND THEN, whether their candidate was voted in or not; to hold that elected official accountable day in and day out. Emailing neighborhood aldermen/women or mayors or district attorneys or law officials or other elected officials about shit that matters. FOR EXAMPLE: If you know one area of the city is not equally invested in than another, make your voice heard. If an elected official is not setting out their promises or doing their part in promoting basic human equality, make your voice heard. If people from our community are continuing to be treated unjustly, make your voice heard. It should not be about voting someone in and ignoring everything until the next elections.

We can all help repair the damage that has been done for the last 400 years. We absolutely need to do so.

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