I am a racist.
I am tired of seeing messages all over my social media feed (this weekend) and most of them are from women I know and it is bugging the hell out me. I am sure they aren’t directed at me directly, but they bug me. Example: “If you are silent....we know which side you have chosen.” These messages are being posted by women and a trans man (close family friend who I love like a sibling) I know who range in age from 30-50 and are way more educated than I am (IE: have multiple advanced degrees) and I find it odd and insulting at the same time. I have never had an issue with anyone of these women before. I am not a person who attends protests mainly because I am afraid of being stranded somewhere when the sh!t goes bad like it has all weekend here. I live about 8 miles from Downtown Long Beach, CA (and I was actually about a mile from where the bulk of the protesting and looting took place at 2 pm yesterday....I had no idea a protest was planned for 3 pm). In general I hate conflict but finally caved and posted two things to my instagram story the other night (one was the video of the father talking to his daughter about how to identify herself if she thinks a cop is questioning.....shared that from Jennifer Garner, and the other was this one I grabbed off my 14 year old’s Instagram page and thanked her for posting the powerful message), but for the most part I have stayed silent. I just don’t think I should have to explain myself in situations like this on social media. I feel like I have already missed a bunch of otherwise (largely stayed off since late March due to covid 19) fun stuff on social media (which I truly enjoy for the most part). Ugh. I just want the madness to end, and for everyone to be safe. Please know that I am just bitching here and hoping that others of you who are posting protest messages aren’t making conjectures about people who aren’t doing the same (by either protesting in person or posting a ton about the events on social media). If you just read the above and think I am a racist or an uncaring person I am very sorry but please know I am not a racist and all of this hate and racism bothers me to no end and it should not exist.
(Also FWIW: I got about 4 hours of sleep last night because the helicopters finally stopped in my area about 2 am, but the above needed to be said)
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk