Dear people who hate me,
Hate all you want, but I will still defend those who need it, and I have no scruples about hitting you over and over when you least expect it.
Watch your back, Honor is reserved for those who have earned the right.
Me
Showing posts with label Hate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hate. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Letters - 15 / 15 Dear People Who Hate Me
Letters - 15 / 15 Dear People Who Hate Me
Dear people who hate me,
Hate all you want, but I will still defend those who need it, and I have no scruples about hitting you over and over when you least expect it.
Watch your back, Honor is reserved for those who have earned the right.
Me
Dear people who hate me,
Hate all you want, but I will still defend those who need it, and I have no scruples about hitting you over and over when you least expect it.
Watch your back, Honor is reserved for those who have earned the right.
Me
Friday, May 24, 2019
Letters - 12 / 15 Dear Person I Hate
Letters - 12 / 15 Dear Person I Hate
Dear Person I Hate,
I forgive you.
It doesn’t mean I don’t also hate you.
But I forgive you as well.
Me.
Dear Person I Hate,
I forgive you.
It doesn’t mean I don’t also hate you.
But I forgive you as well.
Me.
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Life - Helpless Rage
Life - Helpless Rage
I am alone, standing before a heavy bag. Music I don't remember. There is an acrid smell of chalk and sweat, and the lights are half on, cold, and quiet.
Fists up.
I am alone, standing before a heavy bag. Music I don't remember. There is an acrid smell of chalk and sweat, and the lights are half on, cold, and quiet.
Fists up.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Indigenous - What do you see?
Indigenous - What Do You See?
"A white man and an elderly Native man became pretty good friends, so the white guy decided to ask him: “What do you think about Indian mascots?” The Native elder responded, “Here’s what you’ve got to understand. When you look at black people, you see ghosts of all the slavery and the rapes and the hangings and the chains.
When you look at Jews, you see ghosts of all those bodies piled up in death camps. And those ghosts keep you trying to do the right thing. “But when you look at us you don’t see the ghosts of the little babies with their heads smashed in by rifle butts at the Big Hole, or the old folks dying by the side of the trail on the way to Oklahoma while their families cried and tried to make them comfortable, or the dead mothers at Wounded Knee or the little kids at Sand Creek who were shot for target practice. You don’t see any ghosts at all.
“Instead you see casinos and drunks and junk cars and shacks. “Well, we see those ghosts. And they make our hearts sad and they hurt our little children. And when we try to say something, you tell us, ‘Get over it. This is America. Look at the American dream.’ But as long as you’re calling us Redskins and doing tomahawk chops, we can’t look at the American dream, because those things remind us that we are not real human beings to you. And when people aren’t humans, you can turn them into slaves or kill six million of them or shoot them down with Hotchkiss guns and throw them into mass graves at Wounded Knee. “No, we’re not looking at the American dream. And why should we? We still haven’t woken up from the American nightmare." -Chief Guanikeyu. Jatibonicu Taino
"A white man and an elderly Native man became pretty good friends, so the white guy decided to ask him: “What do you think about Indian mascots?” The Native elder responded, “Here’s what you’ve got to understand. When you look at black people, you see ghosts of all the slavery and the rapes and the hangings and the chains.
When you look at Jews, you see ghosts of all those bodies piled up in death camps. And those ghosts keep you trying to do the right thing. “But when you look at us you don’t see the ghosts of the little babies with their heads smashed in by rifle butts at the Big Hole, or the old folks dying by the side of the trail on the way to Oklahoma while their families cried and tried to make them comfortable, or the dead mothers at Wounded Knee or the little kids at Sand Creek who were shot for target practice. You don’t see any ghosts at all.
“Instead you see casinos and drunks and junk cars and shacks. “Well, we see those ghosts. And they make our hearts sad and they hurt our little children. And when we try to say something, you tell us, ‘Get over it. This is America. Look at the American dream.’ But as long as you’re calling us Redskins and doing tomahawk chops, we can’t look at the American dream, because those things remind us that we are not real human beings to you. And when people aren’t humans, you can turn them into slaves or kill six million of them or shoot them down with Hotchkiss guns and throw them into mass graves at Wounded Knee. “No, we’re not looking at the American dream. And why should we? We still haven’t woken up from the American nightmare." -Chief Guanikeyu. Jatibonicu Taino
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Thoughts - On Tomorrow
Thoughts - On Tomorrow
It's not enough that when we look at bigots, racists, and the discriminatory that we shake our heads and ponder how they will be on the wrong side of history one day. That day is today. That moment is now. Unless we fight to correct attitudes of belittlement, othering, and discrimination, 'history one day' will always be a tomorrow that never comes.
It's not enough that when we look at bigots, racists, and the discriminatory that we shake our heads and ponder how they will be on the wrong side of history one day. That day is today. That moment is now. Unless we fight to correct attitudes of belittlement, othering, and discrimination, 'history one day' will always be a tomorrow that never comes.
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