Being Black in America

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Such a strong and emotional topic, being black myself. I used to fear a lot for my life, my black life in America. Nowadays I don't fear as much as I used to, but the reoccurring deaths of black  cis men, women, black transmen/women, black LGBT, black nb, femmes, etc on a daily basis has made me think about it more and more. It's horrid to think that one day that I could possibly be pulled over by the police, shot, and even killed. Simply because of it skin color, simply because of the color of my skin.

Yes, it does sound ridiculous. It still does, black women are the most disrespected women in America. As Malcolm X had once said before. So it frightens me even more, because police officers feel women as a whole are weak, so they'll definitely target us if given the chance to. That frightens a whole lot of me, leaves you shaking and sometimes staying up late at night just thinking of all the possibilities.

The different case scenarios, overthinking. We as black people shouldn't be in fear of death, simply because of our skin color. That shouldn't even be something we as black people should have to worry about. Never. We've been served a horrid misjustice, now we've got to take extra precautions just so we don't end up as "another dead body" to these racist white police officers and to the media. The black people that have been killed by police officers using too much force, police brutality, etc. They had voices, a say, dreams, family, parents, loved ones and dreams of making it big someday. You never know, the people that have died at the hands of the racist police officers could have cured aids, cancer, and even invented things that will be end world hunger. But how will we ever know?

They've been brutally murdered, we will always remember their memories, their face, and that their life mattered. That they were served a horrid misjustice, and now their families and loved ones have to suffer. We don't deserve that. But what we will do, we will come together as one. Work to defeat our opppresors and stop this violence. We deserve better.

As always.... they try to silence us. But we just tend to get louder. 

Power to the people ✊🏾

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