So yes, let’s deal w/the insane access to weapons of war. But don’t say “it’s all about guns.” Because they used to hang us from trees in front of the courthouse.They have killed us w/swords in Manhattan, dragged us behind cars in Jasper, Tx. They have beaten us to death.
They have chased us into traffic in Howard Beach, and kneeled on our necks in Minneapolis. They’ve run us over with cars. The poison of white supremacy has been attached to every instrumentality of violence. And yes, guns are uniquely deadly, & we must address it urgently.
But so too is white supremacy. It is used to manipulate elections, to destroy public education, to deny disaster relief, to justify starving babies, to poison communities, to destroy empathy, to deny the truth, to steal land, & has the power to turn people into murderers.
So let’s all get to work - on addressing gun access for sure. But white ppl must address the spread of white supremacist ideology by politicians, in primetime on cable TV, on the internet, in schools, in your churches and homes. It is a threat to our lives, and to your humanity.
But white supremacy is also an existential threat to our democracy. It always has been.
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