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TWO MAJOR FIRES. IN TWO MAJOR CITIES. WITH PRIMARILY POOR PEOPLE. IN ONE MINORITY. IS AMERICA PAYING ATTENTION?
Can I be honest? I’m all up in my feelings today. After reading news reports on two tragedies that have taken place in two major cities over the last few days, something made me want to come in and embrace the Kings and Queens listening to show you love when I KNOW people don’t tend to give you love very often.
The events I’m speaking of are the horrific fires that have taken place in Philadelphia and New York.
These stories tear at the pit of my stomach. Why? Because they involve poor people of color. Beautiful people that not only have to physically and mentally work hard to keep food on the table, but do it within a society originally constructed with systemic and institutional racism. Under the American guise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This country was NEVER constructed for us. Even though it was built BY us.
That’s why it breaks my heart when I see HARDWORKING Black people be thrown in the dumpster fire (so to speak) and regardless of how hard we work, we can STILL never get to the mountaintop.
Let’s talk about it.
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By KBLA Talk 1580Can I be honest? I’m all up in my feelings today. After reading news reports on two tragedies that have taken place in two major cities over the last few days, something made me want to come in and embrace the Kings and Queens listening to show you love when I KNOW people don’t tend to give you love very often.
The events I’m speaking of are the horrific fires that have taken place in Philadelphia and New York.
These stories tear at the pit of my stomach. Why? Because they involve poor people of color. Beautiful people that not only have to physically and mentally work hard to keep food on the table, but do it within a society originally constructed with systemic and institutional racism. Under the American guise of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This country was NEVER constructed for us. Even though it was built BY us.
That’s why it breaks my heart when I see HARDWORKING Black people be thrown in the dumpster fire (so to speak) and regardless of how hard we work, we can STILL never get to the mountaintop.
Let’s talk about it.