WE need a few days to attempt to unsee the things we’ve been seeing…just a few days…but we know we can’t unsee any of it…
WE need a few days so WE can try to get the images of a pregnant Black woman getting tased in her belly out of our heads…I couldn’t even watch it to the end…I don’t even know if she died or if the baby died…but I’d bet everything I have that the cop is free, there’s no way I’d lose this bet…
WE need a few days to unsee another Black man saying “I can’t breathe” while a knee is on his neck and he dies…
WE need a few days because a young Black man got assaulted by police for simply breathing the same air as everyone else…say it wasn’t because he was breathing the same air and I’ll call you a racist too…right here in Halifax man…right here in Halifax…
WE need a few days to shake the fear that the Black man felt when he was approached by racists white men and was almost hung by them…”get a noose” they said…
WE need a few days to comprehend that the there have been 1,2,3,4,5 …hangings of Black people …gawd WE lost count… and they said it was suicide…they fucking said it was suicide….
WE need a few days to understand how a woman who lost control of her emotions and swung her dog at someone turned into her being called a n*****r, a black bitch, her kids and her life threatened and even a suggestion that she be hung…right here in Halifax where we live…
WE need a few days to figure out how someone going to a public washroom gets murdered…not only murdered but first tortured by police then murdered by police…and no justice has been served…I swear ya’ll got to start fucking these police up when you see them killing US…stop recording and fuck them up…
WE need a few days to take these frowns out of our foreheads when we think about this young Black Woman who bought electronics in Wal-Mart then got stopped and accused IN the store for stealing some vegetables…I know, read that again…but wait…then she gets beat up by the police when she denies the claims…wait, there’s more…then gets charged, then cops go free, then charges are dropped….come.the.fuck.on…lawyer up…right here in Halifax…
WE need a few days to avoid racist comments every time there is a post pertaining to Black Lives in these groups and the comments all sound the same …they’re sick and tired of Black people, all Black people do is complain, omg what’s next, what else do they want, they’re trying to erase our white history, don’t tear down the statues…if they just got jobs (raise your hand if you’re Black and have a job) they wouldn’t have to complain, all they do is sit on welfare and complain…OMG now they want to change the pancake image, this has gone too far…right here in Halifax…
WE need a lifetime to get George Floyd’s murder out of our heads every single day WE see it…every single day…
WE need a few days of just crawling into a hole and trying to feel no mental torture, no emotional torture, no physical torture because the truth is…this is what it feels like…
WE need a few days away from seeing all the pain in every single post people WE know post…man WE are hurting…BLACK PEOPLE ARE HURTING!
WE need a few days around friends and family who can make us laugh for a moment…make us forget all of this pain WE are feeling as people…WE need a few days, WE really do…
Take a Few Days…But Come Back the Fight is Not Over…But Yes, Take a Few Days.
~Sherry Anne Crowe
Wow Sherry you so right I need a few days as I am so mentally drained debating/hearing all these racist comments and most of all im tired of the the anger they feel because they are being called out. STOP your racist bullshit or at the very LEAST own it and move the fuck on stop trying to defend your action and claim victim. We have been victims for 400 plus years and the next person who says go back from which you came if you don’t like it. I think I may need bail money. They are on stolen land and it was our ancestors backs that built this land but we should leave get the FUCK OUT. I NEED A FEW DAYS
So true Kandy…so true. Speak your mind my friend …and yes, take a few days. The energy that these racists suck out of us is endless…we just have to ensure they don’t suck the life out of us…and that’s why it’s important to take a few days. Love and hugs 🖤