are feeling. I find myself saying over and over,"Is it not enough that we’re dealing with a global pandemic with such disproportionate resources for people of color? That we then are also reeling from the tragic loss of life due to racism and brutality?It is a sad and true reality that systemic racism is a virus, too. Watching George Floyd call out to his mother as he was taking his last breath shook me to my core.
I recently used this analogy with my kids while we were discussing these terrible events: Racism is like a cockroach. There are cowardly racists hiding in the corners, hiding in their nasty existence. If it's dark, you can't find them — it's miserable and ugly. When you shine a light, yes, you might be in fear, but it's the only way to expose them. As painful as it is to experience this anguish, my only hope is that we all wake up.
Some of these kids, given the opportunity, will be the ones to come back and create successful businesses, become elected officials, donate to programs to keep our youth safe, and be a voice to exercise change. It is all connected, and we have to do better. That has to start at the beginning with nurturing our children to become empowered adults. All kids deserve more than the generations that came before them and these young voters will be the ones to impact this change.
nyakiogrieco Systemic racism is the sort of thing you might find doing when they pay Black employees less than white ones, because despite their 'woke'content, they're white-supremacist hypocrites.
nyakiogrieco Super sad. Maybe start by looking inwards, !