The Line of Peace

You can't escape it. Everyone talks it up. Racism has always been an unfortunate part of life. It bubbles up and blows into a huge problem. That's where we are at now with the death of George Floyd. It's the usual "cops go nuts" and police brutality stuff that everyone has to deal with. Then you have the nut-heads and thugs who think they are cute to burn down their cities and destroy properties. Those are the only things you hear. It's all ratings from all places and politics is thrown in to show displeasure.

What you don't hear as much is people that aren't committing crimes because of a death. You have the ones that want to speak their thoughts and march through a town. The same thing the great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. did. We can all unite, regardless of agreement or disagreement. Cops, whites, blacks, everyone. We can all work together to end racism or at least make it where no one has to worry about anything that dangerous. That's what we should strive for. Not every cop is evil. Not every black person is a threat. Not every white person is a racist. Everyone suffers when these kind of incidents occur. There are no winners.

And what's even sadder is corporations, celebrities, and sports figures saying their thoughts. It's a crock of shit because they'll forget it in a month's time. If they actually cared, they wouldn't sit in their homes and retweet stuff. They should put their money where their mouths are and contribute. Help donate to fix cities. Help the ones in need. Rebuild local businesses instead of making statements. Participate. Make a difference. Because it's nothing but hot air from most of them.

If the cop who was on Floyd's neck did truly kill him, then yeah, he should face jail time. But we shouldn't be destroying cities. You are nothing if you vandalize, burn, and break things. I have a feeling we will see something worse. The best we can do is figure out the potential solutions and have it set in motion to where we have guidelines on what is good and bad. We can all work together to end oppression. One bad seed makes everything look terrible and there should be none of that. Follow Dr King's path. Because there's a lot more good we can find in the midst of this darkness. Let's find that light. When we do, that line of peace will be seen for days on end.