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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but love that discourages rage and demands compliance is just exploitation. Love and fury can coexist.
Calls for unity abound right now; and if you’re paying attention, you’ll realize who’s making them: the overtly privileged, overwhelmingly white, oft Christian, and/or those who otherwise prefer to remain apolitical for fear of upsetting the balance that keeps them at the top.
Come together; show kindness; usher in peace and forgiveness. This is the message.
But think for a moment what this is.
But think for a moment what this is.
When the oppressor does not acknowledge harm inflicted, does not beg for forgiveness and pledge to make it right, then the onus is placed on the marginalized to put in the work.
