By SheelaR

There is a war on humanity, and we’re losing. We’ve lost all sense on right and wrong, some of which has culminated in historically low race relations. I’m hating the very idea that I feel the need to write this, because it’s an admission that I live in racially unfriendly place and time in American history. Racism is real and deep as the blood running through our veins. It’s painful. Every day…I have to struggle with how to define myself in world that’s acutely hostile to people of color. I’m someplace in the middle, I’m a woman of color, and I’m no place at all some days.

Today, some one said to me “I don’t see color, Sheelagh” Well, If you don’t see color, you’re engaging in oppression. Yes, I said that…you can breath now.  Not seeing color in a world that has divided it inhabitants by it, denies their very existence and experiences…all of which are based on the color of their skin. We may all be the same race, but our skin colors are not. That alone is at the very heart of racism and bigotry. Understand that this is bigger than us as individuals, this is a mankind issue. No more plausible denials. You may pull your head out of the sand now.

The constitution wasn’t designed to protect or ensure the rights of people of color, and it can’t be fixed on the strength of a single inhumane act. We must come to a resounding resolution that enough is enough, and we must act accordingly through our individual and collective acts to ensure that no man is ever again judge simply by the color of his skin. It’s not easier said than done, just do it. As the old cliche goes… “Don’t be part of the problem, be a part of the solution.” Don’t be a part of a system that has become comfortable stripping and denying people of their most basic human rights…to simply live.

All this I say is the truth, and unfortunately, the truth is never a welcoming piece of reality.