“I am not Mike Brown. I am white. I am middle class. I am
female. I am small. I am not considered a threat. When police see
me they see someone who looks like them. They see their mothers,
their daughters, their sisters, themselves. I am not at risk of
being shot by police for existing while black. I am not at risk
of being shot while unarmed. I am not at risk of being shot while
armed with nothing more than a BB gun. I am not at risk of being
shot for reaching for my wallet. I am privileged.
But I am outraged. And if you aren’t outraged, then you
aren’t paying attention. This is America in 2014. This is
our reality. It’s so easy to get jaded and to ignore these
atrocities, to act like this doesn’t affect us. It’s
so easy to get apathetic. In the past it was the youth who
protested. Where is the rage of the youth? Where is our rage?
Like I said, I am not Mike Brown. But I am outraged.”
“I
wrote this the week after Mike Brown was shot. I naively thought
that this case would be different. That Darren Wilson would be
punished, at the very least fired or pressured to resign. I
thought that public outcry would mean something. I have never
been more angry. I have never been more outraged. I wish I could
say I were surprised.”
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