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The Montgomery Brawl Is A Message To White Racists That We Will Fight Back
And other Black people will come to fight with us
As a Black person, I don’t know how many times I have felt utterly helpless at seeing a Black person being beaten on camera. From Rodney King to George Floyd and so many others, I have felt the anger rise in my chest and get stuck in my throat as I have watched innocent Black people getting beaten to a pulp.
Oftentimes I have broken down into tears, asking myself why Black people are humiliated and robbed of our dignity time and time again. I remember when I watched George Floyd as he begged for his life. I wanted to break through the television screen to help him.
I was outraged by those onlookers who did not help that man as he lay there fighting for his life. I found the scene unbearable and still can’t watch it without finding myself in the utmost distress.
As a Black person, it does something to you to constantly witness people that look like you, your Dad, your brother, your uncle, or your sister being beaten within an inch of their lives or arbitrarily murdered.
You wonder if you or someone in your family will be next. You are in a perpetual state of alert and suspicion. You are stressed out and your cortisol levels are always…
