2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Refusal to accept Clinton as the Nominee is Rooted in Misogyny and Racism [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I can imagine being the person in those chains. Can you? Can you imagine yourself in those chains or even think and realize that you were brought here in those chains? That others can choose to be chained to you or leave you behind as they see fit, but you will remain in those chains unless you break them yourself? That you speaking out against the crimes against you causes you to be despised by a large portion of this nation that do not see through your eyes? They will attack the oppressed and belittle them and try to shame them into silence for what they say is the 'common good'? The common good can only survive if people like myself remain silent and speak the praises of those who call themselves our allies otherwise it is divisive? That my truth is divisive and must not be told?
Who does that help, really to hold old acts of valor over my head to wring out a bit of gratitude from my lips and shut me down because it seems I must owe this man something for chaining himself to somebody when my mama was a child?
We need to think long and hard before we start expectimg something grand for doing the right thing and expect the gratitude of an entire race of people and for us to rush into the streets screaming Mysha Mysha!
What exactly we owe I am not quite sure. I mean, we gave generation upon generations of our lives as slaves here in this nation for the 'common' good and simply because a person has or had good intentions we must slaver over them for all eternity? What other race of people owe so much for others simply doing what is right? Why must we thank people over and over and over and over for eternity just because they stood with us AS THEY SHOULD HAVE?