The Changes I Want to See

As a person who is always perceived as white and who has been treated all her life as an aristocrat by the descendants of enslaved people, The Old Lady has something to say:

“I APOLOGIZE.

“I have allowed myself to receive respect, courtesy, and service from people who themselves had no access to the same kind of respect, courtesy, or service.  

“I have heard people who look like me, white people, even family members, express violently racist opinions and I have been silent.

“After the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in my extreme south Georgia town, local officials have invited the leaders to City Hall to tell officials what changes they want to see in our community.

“Here are the changes I want to see, both in my community and in my country:

  1. Stop all GENOCIDE and ETHNOCIDE (for definitions of those words, go to https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52912238  , and read the whole article) whether perpetrated by individuals, groups, or governmental representatives such as police and military.
  2. All terrorist acts must be treated as CRIMINAL acts whether perpetrated by individuals, groups, or governmental representatives such as police and military.
  3. REPARATIONS must be offered to all whose ancestors, because of their unprotected status, have been robbed of money, property, or their time and labor through either institutionalized oppression or through exploitation by individuals.

“I know that negotiation is give-and-take, so here is my offer:

“I am willing to tithe* to pay for reparations.

“I will kick in 10% of my gross income, forever or as long as it takes, for reparations. The legally-defined “persons” which are corporations** will also kick in 10% of their gross income.

“All reparation money is to be divvied up among all people whose ancestors, because of their unprotected status, were robbed of money, property, or their time and labor by either institutionalized oppression or through exploitation by individuals.

“Radical? Yes, it’s radical!

“NOW is the time for radical action to try to begin healing this centuries-old national wound.”

LISTEN to The Old Lady!

*The word ”tithe” is defined as “one tenth of annual produce or earnings, formerly taken as a tax for the support of the Church or clergy”… in other words, for what was considered God’s good work.

**ALL corporations including Amazon, Walmart, Ford, Disney, Facebook, etc. etc. etc…. NO EXEMPTIONS, period.

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