To our young leaders yearning and fighting for justice,
When the dust settles down and you have time to look back at the events that unfolded since the murder of #GeorgeFloyd, I want you to look at a few things.
I want you to look at the system and where it has failed George. I want you to look at the police and how they’re trained to use deadly force without oversight. The local and regional politics that influence it.
The legal system that could have been the check/balance holding the police accountable for their brutality. The coroner or medical examiner whose autopsy results could’ve been delivered without speculation and victim-blaming.
And the judicial system which will determine whether justice will be served for George or not.
I want you to think about these as part of the long-term strategy to eradicating racial injustice.
While voting now may help in the short-term, implementing systemic change will require long-term strategies. If there’s anything consistent about changing institutions it’s that there will be immense resistance.
Policies may be passed to appease the uproar but may not have any real effect because a culture of racism remains intact.
There is a system that upholds racism.
Systemic change will require long-term persistent advocacy, especially from within institutions and by people who are directly affected by the issue at hand, in this case racism.
So I want you all to think about how you will be part of that long-term strategy. How can you affect change from within? What part of this system can you tackle?
How can you work towards changing the culture from within so that you’re rooting out the evil that is racism and not merely placing bandaids with toothless policies?
Your leadership will be needed now more than ever. And we’re here to support you all.
#BlackLivesMatter
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