I came across this on my Facebook feed and thought it worth sharing:
The stages of what happens when there's injustice against black people
They are:
Stage 1: Another Black person is beat up, arrested or killed senselessly
Stage 2: People are enraged by the injustice
Stage 2.5: People are too tired to be outraged
Stage 3: Smear Campaign and victim blaming
Stage 3.25: Media asks “What did he/she do?”
Stage 3.5: FOX News confirms that it’s THE WORST
Stage 3.75: The “None of us were there” people
Stage 4: What about Black on Black crime?
Stage 5: Reminding us that “Not All White People”
Stage 5.5: #BlackLivesMatter? What About #AllLivesMatter?
Stage 5.75: And this is the part where folks let us know that they’re colorblind and they don’t really see race and “This is clearly not about race, YOU GUISE!” Nope. Not about race at all.
Stage 6: Create a Twitter hashtag to unite the conversation
Stage 7: People protest and are told to be calm
Stage 7.5: Calling protesters rioters
Stage 7.75: Quote MLK to call for peace
Stage 8: You learn how the people you know really feel
Stage 9: The killer walks free
Stage 10: We get to work on dismantling the system brick-by-brick
Very succinct and well-organized. And sadly accurate.
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That is all.