It has been a heart wrenching time across the United States and around the world since the death of George Floyd. But it has been an unfair, heart wrenching, dangerous, fearful, demeaning, demoralizing and deadly time for black people since they were first stolen from Africa and enslaved in this country. It is beyond time for white people to examine our white privilege and supremacy, to learn how to be anti-racist and better allies and listen to our brothers and sisters of color. I cannot believe what is happening at the polls in 2020…black men were afforded the right to vote in 1867, and yet again black men and women are being kept from the polls. We need men and women in office locally and nationally who can make real change. Mass incarceration is the current form of enslavement of black people. The bail system keeps people of color incarcerated and in the system. One way to help is to donate to https://bailproject.org.
The Bail Project™ National Revolving Bail Fund is a critical tool to prevent incarceration and combat racial and economic disparities in the bail system.
I too am complicit. I too am learning. I too am angry. I too want to be hopeful. I too want to see real change.