I Am Not Your #HashTag: Why I Am Critical Of White Allyship
The current state of America is one for the history books.
It’s the 4th of July,
Mitt Romney has marched with black liberationists, the NFL has apologized for opposing racial protests, and NASCAR has banned the Confederate flag from their franchise. But bigger things have occurred; over 25 million Americans have crowded the streets in protest against white supremacy, from California to the New York islands. And the chants have traveled across the Atlantic where the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Denmark, and Hungary have unabashedly stood in solidarity with Black Lives Matter.
This is not a work of fiction; all of these events are true. But I’m unsure if this sudden revelation of black oppression will last. Deep-down, I hope this becomes the chapter when white supremacy is jettisoned from Earth. Though I’m afraid, this might be another moment that America fails to seize, and will only be remembered when another black body is suffocated.
It’s been over a month since George Floyd’s death. And before that was Ahmaud Arbery, and before that was Dreasjon Reed, and before that was Breonna Taylor, and before that was Elijah McClain, and recently, Rayshard Brooks, and Robert Fuller, and Malcolm Harsch. But, in the case of George Floyd, his murderer was arrested and charged. Not necessarily because the law found officer David Chauvin’s act…
