I put myself in this innocent woman's place and feel her terror as she is handcuffed and dragged to jail. Innocent of any crime, she was held for three days. They gave her no water and she was told she had to pay for food. Of course, she had no money. Her purse had been taken from her.
I wish every American citizen who votes would stop and put themselves in the position of this woman who was simply on the way to work like she had done many, many times.
When did our country become such a place? Why is this happening? I hear that the ICE police are required to arrrest a certain number of people, innocent or not, so they grab Citizens of the USA, not for what they did, but because of how they look, and fabricate crimes that did not happen.
It must be frightening for anyone with a dark complexion to walk on the streets of our large cities. When I see people I went to high school with praising this administration for this cruel behavior, I wonder how they became so evil and mean-spirited. I'll bet if the situation was reversed and their white daughter was kidnapped like that, these men I know would be ranting and raving, going down to the governor's office and their congressman's office to demand this kind of illegal behavior end right now. They would never again vote for a president who did such awful things to innocent people.
But I am sorry to say, racism is still rampant in the deep south. My homeland is not what I thought it had become. Now I hear that this president plans to strip the museums of things that make slavery look bad.
...Smithsonian that its museums would be required to adjust any content that the administration finds problematic in “tone, historical framing and alignment with American ideals” within 120 days.
Slavery didn't just look bad, it was terrible and the aftermath was horrible, too. When I was a child, black people were being lynched in nearby counties in south Georgia. And the Sheriff was involved in the hanging. When authoritarian racism overpowers other chambers of government, we are in a terrible state. We must elect people who will not stand for this dictator to destroy us.
But I cannot give more money. I wish they would not keep sending me requests for funds. My small income does not provide extra to support a political party. I might not even be in this world when this administration leaves office. All I can do is use my voice to speak about injustice and cruelty and hope someone out there listens.
What about you, my friends? What can you do? What more can I do?
