Thread by @hasibmn

I didnt want to tweet about #GeorgeFloyd because the dehumanizing media articles that come out continously will not consider a real person any more.

"man"
"dies"
"while in custody"

No name, no respect afforded, no truth.

The media's false perceptions of fairness.

Desensitizing oppression,
normalizing it,
negating the oppresseds emotions and outrage with false analogies,
asking the oppressed to be grateful for what they have,
negating of the reality of the problen,
and then responding with disproportionate force,

are tools of oppression

Educate yourself
History matters
Recognize how you are being mentally colonized and free yourself from the shackles of despondency by our comfort.

The inhuman, devilish way they treated #GeorgeFloyd stems from that ignorance, desensitization, and negating humane treatment.

This goes beyond your own comfort

If your outrage by seeing a man dying on video, or that your peace of mind is distrubed more than systemic ingrained mindset that makes a man kneel on anothers neck until he dies screaming #ICantBreathe

Your comfort is blinding you & your heart

May we have hearts that are not numbed
Souls that are vigilant
Eyes that dont stop shedding tears
Empathy that is limitless
Resilience that will never waver in asking for justice
Hope in knowing that we will live for a better future
Care that isnt limited for only "my own"

All of this b/c I rather fight for it & rectify my present rather than let history write me as the conscious detractor who enabled injustice w my silence to salvage my comfort

I rather fight for truth rather than be enslaved by anyone, or worse,
by my own despondency & inaction

Islamic thinker Sayyid Qutb observations of America in 1949-1951

In the Shade of the Quran
V7/121-124
(pg1470 ia801906.us.archive.org/20/items/Quran… )

"I saw them treating coloured people, esp those who were Muslim, with hateful arrogance & much brutality..."

What changed?

#BlackLiveMatter