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Whom Am I Fooling? It’s Black Folks That Recognize Black Folks
Last month I’ve not been shy about Black History Month. I’ve shared my observations on how society at large has kinda been meh. As always it’s been us Black folks have give a damn about our influences, impacts, and rich history.
If you’re not Black and you did uplift Black voices and History last month that’s cool. However that’s bare minimum allyship in the grand scheme of things. You should be doing that year round without question nor by being asked to do so.
So I found myself speaking to a friend, a Black woman. I shared with her my annoyances with the first Black History Month of 2020.
Her immediate response? A hardy chuckle and the following: “How long have you been alive now? Why is any of this new to you? Only we really see each other”.
I don’t know why I need to hear those words out loud to be reminded of the obvious but I did. Our humanity, dignity, grace, and has always been something we celebrate and acknowledge for ages.
Whom is going to care more about the past, present, and future of Black folks than us? I always try to fool myself into thinking society may get to the point where it naturally recognizes its most marginalized. But that’s a fundamental lie because even getting laws to recognize people’s rights is still a…
