when our present becomes "history"
when future generations look back and ask,
"were you part of the change, or complicit"
when you're asked what actions you took every day
to dismantle racism, anti-Blackness, xenophobia, Islamophobia, anti-semitism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism
will you feel comfortable then saying you
knew better, "felt badly," yet continued to look the other
way? will you feel justified in your silence, in your
priorities, then? all the times you didn't speak up,
you didn't act up, will they haunt you?
the disconnect between pockets of people I've
met over the last decade is horrifying, from those
who outright defend white supremacy, to those who
know better and remain silent or disconnected, to
those risking death in their attempts to do anything,
everything that they can to get free, to get us free.
when our present becomes your "history"
when future generations look back and ask,
"were you part of the change, or complicit"
I hope your response is,
"I did everything, I tried everything."
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