I keep seeing that meme "I wish Black lives mattered to
black people" being shared. It disgusts me in so many ways. A friend, whom
I think highly of, shared it this morning (screenshots posted below). He's a police officer. He's black.
It saddened me to see it coming from him. But it proves something that I've
long thought to be true. Black police officers view us the same way as their
white peers. This friend proceeded to tell me how another of his black friends
had moved to an all-white neighborhood. He said his friends' children love it
because they can play without being bothered by other kids. Another thing he
said was that he has to look both ways before he leaves his home and that it
had nothing to do with crossing the street.
I was pretty disgusted. It made it seem as if moving to an all-white neighborhood made it all better, as if ‘all white’ is the standard...as if 87%of white people aren't killed by other white people. As if white males aren&…
I was pretty disgusted. It made it seem as if moving to an all-white neighborhood made it all better, as if ‘all white’ is the standard...as if 87%of white people aren't killed by other white people. As if white males aren&…