By Daniel Lisbe

Imagine 150 years ago, living in a world where you were a slave, able to be bought, sold, beaten and killed without anyone batting an eyelash or coming to your defense. Imagine 50 years ago, living in a world where you had to use separate drinking fountains and bathrooms, and if you didn’t, you’d be beaten and arrested, or worse. Imagine today, living in a world where a police officer can choke you to death for selling cigarettes illegally and resisting arrest, and the only person to get charged with a crime after the incident is another Black man who captured the entire thing as it played out on video. After all the talk of equality and freedom, after all the elegant rhetoric that spews from our lips, imagine this is still the world you live in. Today. Try to imagine it. Really try. Because if your skin is brown, this IS the world you live in.



Every time you go outside. Every time you walk down the street. Every time you go to the store. Every time you take a breath. This is the world you live in. Quite the opposite if you’re lucky enough to be born with a lighter shade of skin.

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That’s what systemic racism looks like. It’s real, and it’s time we acknowledge it.

We insist on hiding our stained history with heroic tales of soldiers winning wars and hoisting flags. We say pretty things like, “This is America, the land of the free and home of the brave, where all men are created equal.” But all the pretty talk is a facade, a mask designed to sell a dream and create the illusion of purity and honor. The truth is we’ve got some ugly demons hiding in our closet. They’ve been here since day one, and until we’re willing to confront them, we’ll always be stuck in the past, reliving them in different shapes and forms.

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We can all learn a lot from these earnest millennials. Thanks for posting.

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