Hi y’all,
I don’t know about you but I am just about sick of all this crap. First it was Covid and then a mass shooting and then in an effort to raise morale the snowbirds came to entertain us and one of their pilots lost her life. You would think that would be enough but nope, then the entire world watched yet again as an innocent black man who was unarmed was brutally murdered in front of our own eyes in a way that even other cops could not justify. 2020 has certainly fucked us over. I know it can be difficult to stay calm in this environment that’s why I don’t think we should! I am not advocating for violence, it never solves anything, but we certainly could afford to be a lot more vocal than we have been. It obviously isn’t enough to just to say well that’s not right and then move on with your lives. That has not worked. People need to wake up and realize that the politicians work for us and it’s time to take our power back! Our leaders need to stand up and condemn the actions of a certain orange being, I hesitate to call him human because he certainly doesn’t act like it. How many more people have to die before we do something beyond talk ? Agin, not a violent thing, but civil disobedience is certainly called for . Yes walk the streets with protest signs. Make people uncomfortable or inconvenience them by blocking off sidewalks and crosswalks and roadways. Play them videos that show how bad things have gotten and if they try to look away don’t let them. Looking away is not gonna help things. If we continue to look away or say that’s just the states problem we are just fooling ourselves. In Halifax people in black and brown bodies are hesitant to even contact the police because what if something bad happens? Yes not all cops are bad, but you can’t exactly tell which ones are bad until they do a bad thing and then it’s too late. I understand the hesitancy. If there was even a minuscule chance that somebody would murder me if I asked for help simply because of the body I live in I wouldn’t ask for help either. Right now my first thought when I see a police officer is not, a good here’s help! It’s have you killed anybody recently or harassed them simply because of how they look?
We do not have equality in this country, just ask somebody who is indigenous, I mean some of those reservations don’t even have clean water! That should not happen here. The fact that it does makes me sick. First settlers came in and murdered a bunch of people and took all their stuff. Then we abducted their children and tried to “civilize them“ ,which in this case means trying to eradicate their entire culture, now some of them don’t even have safe water. Step up people! I know that those of us who are currently around did not participate in eradicating indigenous populations but we’re here now so should we shouldn’t we some of them don’t even have save water. Step up people! I know that those of us who are currently around did not participate in eradicating indigenous populations but we’re here now so shouldn’t we at least attempt to make things better? I don’t think wanting clean water is asking for too much.
I want a world based on equal opportunity and equal rights. It’s not hard. Just do it already!
Victoria Levack 