A Black Woman's Story: Enough is Enough

#didyoudiethough

BY: #STUKGIRL RYANE

Image- A girl taking part in a demonstration against racism in Milan, Italy, on Sunday. (NBC News)

#BLACKLIVESMATTER. Would you give a damn about property if you have watched your community, family, friends, and colleagues, be killed, beaten, raped, pillaged, and disenfranchised? Have you been told to stay in your place and treated less than your entire existence?

White people want to know why we are angry when they couldn’t take 60 days of being told to stay in their “place” their homes for the safety of themselves and others. Instead, they cried about their freedom but did you go for a jog and die tho? No! Were you sitting on your couch at home and die tho? No! Did you peacefully kneel and get blackballed from your job? No! Were you buying cigarettes and get choked out from a cop's knee and die tho? No! Instead, you got to storm a capital building fully armed and get called a hero.

I’m over it.

Portia Wells, 35, during the sixth day of protests in Washington. (Amanda Voisard for The Washington Post)

We tried to be peaceful we tried to be nice. We tried to bring awareness. We’ve TRIED everything. Don’t get mad when the house burns because you didn’t listen. Our rage doesn’t come from entitlement. Our rage comes from our hearts getting broken time and time again and being told it’s our fault.

At this point, I could give a damn about your buildings and your property because at the end of the day #didyoudietho? No!

Tiffany Schultz holding a poster by GrlCollective at a protest in downtown Los Angeles.

Also, for those that would like to help, if you can figure out how to protect chickens, turtles, dogs, cats, koalas, and any other animal without having verbal and or nonverbal communication from them stop acting like you’re incapable of helping black people because you’re lost. Y’all know what to do and you’ve already been told.

Take action and stop acting simple.