I see a lot of "why isn& #39;t this being covered" or "why isn& #39;t anyone talking about this more" or "how is everyone so silent about this" when it comes to the number of people who& #39;ve died from COVID, which has reached 100,000.

Honestly, probably more.

So...here& #39;s the thing...
America is very used to burying scores of Black bodies with zero fanfare. En mass with little to nothing of note for the lives lived and lost. It& #39;s a time honored tradition at this point.

They did it during slavery, they did it during Jim Crow, they& #39;re doing it now.
I understand that this is still (somehow) surprising for lots of people--and yes, unnecessary tragedy and insurmountable loss such as this SHOULD be shocking--but the blatant disregard for Black life shouldn& #39;t be a revelation every. damn. time.
Do you know how...infuriating, frustrating, devastating, mind-numbingly tiresome it is to see non-Black people act like every time is the first fucking time? As if we haven& #39;t been rising up and marching and suffering and dying since before colonizers renamed this stolen land?
I said this is an American tradition, but honestly this was happening before there was an America, so that& #39;s not even 100% correct. And I& #39;m guessing you don& #39;t know, cause ya keep doing it!

*deep negro sigh*
I mean....y& #39;all will RT and share videos of Black people being gunned down in the streets faster than you& #39;ll confront your racist friends and family on their bigotry, and then call it a successful day of activism.
And yeah, there& #39;s a pandemic, and everyone is going through it, but that means Black folk are dealing with that other shit ON TOP of quarantine fatigue or whatever.
We& #39;re always dealing with the same shit y& #39;all say drains your mental health and makes you tired, but we got white supremacy and anti-Blackness bullshit piled on top of that. So, honestly, miss me with your lack of bandwidth on this.
Y& #39;all never stop to think about how being Black compounds this nonsense. Like...never. When& #39;s the last fucking time you checked on your Black friends behind some racist bullshit? And I mean before COVID. Was that even something you considered? Probably not, because you& #39;d be
messaging us every damn day. And I don& #39;t mean that "I& #39;m so sorry this happened (again), oh man, this country sucks, I can& #39;t imagine."

No, I mean "what do you need? How can I lighten the load? Did you eat? Do I need to show up with a pizza and some cupcakes?"
"Do you have food? What& #39;s on your grocery list?"

Then order that shit and have it delivered.

We might decline, because Black grandmas, dammit at least OFFER. If you& #39;re not gonna demand better from your racist relatives, the least you can do is offset some of the struggle, fuck.
If you can afford it, put a couple dollars down on a bitch& #39;s phone or internet bill, find a ko-fi or a pay pal and make a donation.

Bake a bitch a cake! We like cakes!
Anyway....every damn day is an assault, and your shock only serves to tell us that, despite your claims to the contrary, you haven& #39;t been listening or paying attention.
Happy Sunday.
And let me just say, before somebody gets in their feelings, I am in no way saying anyone else& #39;s struggle with what& #39;s going on is invalid. Not a single tweet in this thread made such a claim or alluded to one.
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