MAMA MAMA!
After days of trying to get my thoughts together. Not fully wanting to take my mind to such a dark place to express myself, in fear of not being able to come out of it. I had to break my silence. .
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The reality is we live in a dark world... no matter if I want to escape it, it’s here and it’s real! .
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I’ve been “the minority” most of my life... rather it’s school, work or even just going shopping at certain places. .
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I’ve gotten the slick comments, eye stare, and it all. It doesn’t feel good but I always brushed it off and kept it going.
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But let me tell you it hits different when it’s happening to your child! .
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I’ll never forget a few years ago when my oldest son was 4 I had to teach him what racism was. .
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Never In my life did I think I would be telling a 4-year-old that monster are actually real. .
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But here I was explaining to him that some people simply will hate you just because of the color of your skin.
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What prompts such a deep conversation for a preschooler you ask? .
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His preschool teacher angry and also on the verge of tears calls me to tell me what took place in the class that day
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She proceeded to tell me how
A little boy in the class passed out papers to everyone at the table except my son. .
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My son asked the boy can he have a paper and the boy had the nerve to tell him, NO YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE YOUR SKIN IS BROWN AND ONLY PEOPLE WITH WHITE SKIN CAN HAVE IT! .
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As you can imagine my son went to his teacher crying... not fully grasping what happened but mostly crying because he really wanted a paper. .
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Right then my BLACK son at age 4 had his first taste of racism in this world.
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At that moment more then the paper my son wanted his mama. .
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This brings me to George Floyd who called out for his mama 2 times before he passed away. .
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My heart breaks just thinking of it.
A son calling out to his mama at a moment where he felt racism take over. .
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Policy brutality and Racism has to stop!
There doesn’t ever need to be another
black boy calling out for his mama!
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Mama
Mama
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