I just wanted to take this time to address the fatigue of injustice circling around the communities of minorities.
As a young black woman, I have become exhausted and drained whenever I look at the TV or computer screen, only to see the life of another taken away simply because of racial bias, whether it be by police or other individuals of the white race. In a course of mine that focuses on justice and the portrayal of it in literature, one of the reading assignments was Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter in Birmingham Jail.” One thing that shocked me was how much of MLK’s words could be applied to in today’s day and age, 58 years later, and we are still experiencing police brutality and injustice in the American government. It’s time for a change because I am tired. It’s time for a change because we are tired.
This land of the free and home of the brave has become the breeding ground for hate and bigotry across every state. It seems as if the fight for equality and equity is growing further and further away with each passing day, bringing along with it the hope of minorities and immigrants. It’s time for direct action because we have grown weary of the everyday microaggressions and stereotypes placed on us while the American Dream is living up to its name more than ever.
One thing I do want to point out is that injustice takes various forms, but it’s all integrated into our system, pinned against all minorities almost from the moment it was set up starting with the three-fifths law to Jim Crow to the politics of gerrymandering. The government has done very little to ensure security and success to communities of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, disabled individuals and the list goes on.
We are tired of the injustice happening in the United States of America and according to MLK, it’s time for direct action.