White People Are Cashing Out Their BLM Currency
As the summer faded, so did White allyship
Honestly, I tried to not write about Breonna Taylor. My resistance wasn’t rooted so much in my exhaustion with the exoneration of her killers (or just how fucking egregious American racism remains). I wasn’t confident that I could sidestep my own emotions and add vegetables to the conversation or balm atop the fresh pain. Once again, we were back-smacked across the face and told to run along — and we bet’ not cry too loud ‘for we meet the other open palm. This isn’t me being dramatic. America isn’t tending to the victims who are bruised and scarred and inconsolable about Breonna Taylor’s judicial travesty; instead, it’s threatening them. In Kentucky and Illinois, the national guard is on deck for anyone who decides to cry out loud and aggressively. But I won’t use this space to dive into the government’s complicity or the support for pro choice that is Daniel Cameron.
This week, I want to allow the hurt to heal. (Last week was brutal enough.) Instead, I’d like to put the spotlight on a major concern: White people who claim they are BLM allies. They are losing interest in the preservation and protection of Black lives. White support is down and African-American death is up. Yes, a couple cops were fired. Yes, White people are murdering racist White people. But, when it…
