Looking at the horrific and devastating scenes in America, it puts into perspective the relative farce of the week-long coverage of a man driving to a castle.
I would say I’m thankful to be living in the farce at the moment but we’re all part of a global community. It’s clear that some people in power have used a pandemic to believe they can control people in a stronger way than ever.
It’s probably a terrible inevitability. Just a few weeks ago I was feeling inspired by a sense of community that seemed to be emerging from this worldwide shared experience.
Now we’re back to seeing the worst of people. Back to not being able to sit through a news report without crying because someone has been senselessly and barbarically killed. Why are people like this?
And I’m aware that I say ‘we’re back to it’ but it’s clear that for black people, all around the world but in America at this moment especially, they’re not ‘back to it’, it never went away. #BlackLivesMatters
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