even though she’s not oj [aka didn't kill anybody and you know, she's not gonna go into a hotel and try to "steal back" her job] she does in fact bring to mind the oj trial.
i still remember sitting in my oakland living room and yelling, dancing around when the not guilty was reported.
this photo demonstrates how the response to the verdict was split across racial lines. i know "today is a different day" and whatnot but I felt like the black women in the photo yesterday following all the uproar.
i was proud that she stood up for herself and was clear as day while doing so. i laughed heartily watching folks from anderson cooper to that white man who posted the video (i see white people as white people first so his political leanings don’t mean that much to me. he was doing a very white [privilege] thing by posting that video.) scrambling to whitewash their racism.
pride aside, it does bear saying that sherrod is not the "change" we’re all looking for. black people/women are still gonna get fired on the flimiest of excuses. and silence will surround such firings. life under white nationalist america will go on as "usual".
but still, for that brief, moment, watching the news was nice. seeing the extremely pissed off look in the secretary of agriculture’s eyes this morning was priceless. hearing about her job offer {which i hope she doesn’t take but suspect she will] was also nice.
and you know what’s even nicer – although more dangerous: seeing white people like o’reilly and his ilk still saying if it was a white man/person, they wouldn’t be getting job offers and apologies.
LOL!
Damn straight…because more than likely an 82 yr old black woman wouldn’t be coming out to say [insert name] helped me save my farm. i still have it because of [insert name] and for damn sure, [insert name] wouldn’t be saying "i was saying what i said to indicate how much i have grown in understanding".
and for those who might not get that race is a card that can sometimes trump political leanings, listen to condoleezza rice’s as she acknowledges obama’s presidential victory over gone daddy gone {aka bush}.
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