Before seeing a white man murder a handcuffed black man by kneeling on his neck in public, in broad daylight, how many times did you not believe perceived outrageous claims of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color because they were unfathomable to you?
What fuels the hubris of racism other than the people's refusal to confront the intentional history of crafting the white supremacy lie? The lies of the colonizers became the constructed sins of the nation as they were crafted with the intention of being an expanding yoke of injustice. The yoke's intentional lies produce absurd but commonly accepted untruths fostering actions, both committed and omitted, of reinforced oppression, privilege, and shame. Instead of aspiring for justice, the dominant group ignores calls for resolution and dismissively bequeaths the unjust yoke to the intentions of tomorrow. The weight of yesteryear's enshrined sin is today's burden of lived experience until you give intention to the heavy lifting required to dismantle the lies supporting the yoke.
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