Race Relations

SLIDE DOWN!

Removal of Confederate Statues Sparks Debate

Rep. Thomas Massie: “It’s a slippery slope.”
Sadiqa Reynolds: “Slide down!”
Rep Thomas Massie: “Where does it end though?”
Sadiqa Reynolds: “It ends with justice!”

If you are still deciding which side you are on
SLIDE DOWN!
If you are still using the phrase “Black on Black Crime.”
SLIDE DOWN!
If you refuse to admit that 53% of White women voted for Donald Trump
SLIDE DOWN!
If you are convinced that this election was about economics
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think that Trump is in office for anything other than poor race relations in America
SLIDE DOWN!
If you believe that Confederate monuments are about preserving history
SLIDE DOWN!
If you refuse to recognize the atrocities that White America has afflicted on humanity
SLIDE DOWN!
If your only response to commentary about race relations is, “Not All.”
SLIDE DOWN!
If you believe that police in America do not target Black and Brown people
SLIDE DOWN!
If you believe America has progressed when it comes to race because Barack Obama was in office
SLIDE DOWN!
If you feel Black people need to just “get over” slavery
SLIDE DOWN!
If you watch your brother or sister vilified for standing up for Black people and say nothing
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think that mass incarceration is not an offshoot of slavery
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think opioid addiction is being treated the same as crack addiction was treated
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think non-compliance should equal a death sentence
SLIDE DOWN!
If you are making an argument about vandalism versus human life
SLIDE DOWN!
If you use the term alt-right instead of racists, KKK, and Neo-Nazis
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think just wearing a Black Lives Matter shirt makes you an ally
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think you can’t be racist because you have a Black friend or fuck a Black man or woman
SLIDE DOWN!
If you believe that Black skin is criminalistic
SLIDE DOWN!
If you remain silent when you see injustice
SLIDE DOWN!
If you quote Martin Luther King Jr. but refuse to acknowledge that it was White people that murdered him because he fought for Black lives
SLIDE DOWN!
If you have resources to help marginalized people and refuse to do so
SLIDE DOWN!
If you feel that the state of race in America is our problem and not your problem
SLIDE DOWN!
If you think these chickens will not come home to roost
SLIDE DOWN!

SLIDE DOWN AND GET OUT OF THE WAY OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK TO CHANGE THE WORLD!

2 replies »

  1. LOVE your writing, Hannah. Was thinking of Sadiqa’s ICONIC and EPIC “slide down” and was googling it and here i find your writing on the subject…powerful as always. happy thanksgiving to you. xx

    • Thank you so much, Theresa. That was a tv moment I will never forget. I love Sadiqa. Happy Thanksgiving.

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