As we try and make sense of the brutal killing of #AhmaudArbery I can’t help but think of all the Black parents in this country who are filled with terror thinking about the safety of their children (whether they are an adult or a child). 1/
White Americans don’t feel this. They don’t have to worry about random white men killing their children while jogging. They don’t have to concern themselves about NYPD brutalizing their children because they are not social distancing or wearing masks 2/
They can brandish guns in a state Capitol in the name of their freedom. We can’t even take a knee. While they wait for more information about what happened to Arbery or for the decision of a grand jury, we have to manage our anxieties and beat back rage. 3/
And we have to do this while we are dying at alarming rates because of Covid-19, unable to grieve properly for the lost of our loves to the virus. We have to do this while trying to figure out how to pay our bills, because black unemployment could be as high as 30%. 4/
Sometimes, and it rushes in like raging waters from the Mississippi River, I am overwhelmed by the monstrous character of this country.
