Why does it take the murder of more Black bodies to be heard?
Why must we wait until we are cremated in our caskets and our souls have to listen to the thunder of tear drops roar from our loved ones?
Why must we wait for you to WAKE up?
You, who still believe we live in a color-blind, post-racial, because Barack Obama is president of the United States of America kind of society.
You, whose rods and cones do not help you see nor comprehend the face of an oppressed race(s).
You, mainstream media who deliberately choose to show expected images and speak an expected language that reiterate stereotypes.
Generations of black people continue to be both traumatized and yet not surprised when more of us die.
I am a millennial, a portrait of young people that wonders what palate and brush should I use to paint my future when reality often suffocates our airways until we are down to our last breath.
Even then, our breath may not matter.
As a 19 year old college student, I have heard, watched, argued, and most importantly continue to live in what feels like a love-hate relationship with the Black race.
Why must we wait until we are cremated in our caskets and our souls have to listen to the thunder of tear drops roar from our loved ones?
Why must we wait for you to WAKE up?
You, who still believe we live in a color-blind, post-racial, because Barack Obama is president of the United States of America kind of society.
You, whose rods and cones do not help you see nor comprehend the face of an oppressed race(s).
You, mainstream media who deliberately choose to show expected images and speak an expected language that reiterate stereotypes.
Generations of black people continue to be both traumatized and yet not surprised when more of us die.
I am a millennial, a portrait of young people that wonders what palate and brush should I use to paint my future when reality often suffocates our airways until we are down to our last breath.
Even then, our breath may not matter.
As a 19 year old college student, I have heard, watched, argued, and most importantly continue to live in what feels like a love-hate relationship with the Black race.
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