By Rev. Racquel R. Ray
Watching. Waves of worry wash over us.
That will never happen here…Right??
Lurking, lingering… Stirring, recalling… hasn’t history seen this before?
Why does this look familiar?
Why does it look new?
Brown bodies know, they carry the violent history in their DNA.
Indigenous bodies know.
Jewish bodies know.
Veterans bodies know.
There was a day when white bodies weren’t harmed.
Women’s bodies know.
Violence is not new.
Until now.
Now, white men are mad. One of their own.
Now is the time to act.
This is the same violence that landed on these shores.
The city on the hill held violence.
Gunpowder and musket.
Oppression. Othering.
Evangelizing. Enslaving. Emancipating.
Integrating. Investing. Profiting.
The American Experiment.
Control the capitol, commodify the capital.
At all costs.
Where is the outrage?
Where is the voice of moral clarity? Where is the prophet?
This is oppression. Control through violence.
Be worried as waves wash. As we watch.
Be Angry.
Then, act, react, resist.
Move, mobilize, meet.
Stand, support, speak out.
Vote.