Sunday 14 June 2020

BLACK AND PROUD!

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No disclaimer because I don’t gi a rarse who may or may not be offended. My truth, in this post, is born from pain. The pain I am entitled to feel, to sometimes wallow in and to share as and when I see it is necessary. Necessary to heal, necessary to help others heal. Heal so I do not turn into my oppressors, the oppressors still oppressing in the face of the current times, oppressors who do not realise their time is about to be up, the oppressors of black people. People with heart, soul, ongoing strength, the loudest courage, deep wisdom, and an awakened emotionally charged fire no amount of comfort can put out.

This chapter of the fight, BLACK LIVES MATTER, is The One that will not end until Black people see the change we have needed to see as of 1619! We are finally using our voices in a bold and unapologetically passionate way (no holding back, just like our ancestors) to speak on every injustice and we will keep speaking, shouting and pushing for our voices to be heard until we get results!

Jim Crow's segregation laws had the objective of denying persons free from slavery any equal rights or access to the political system. Those laws have been abolished, it is now 2020, yet there remains among us too many who are religiously ignorant. They're about to get the most shocking wake up call of their lives because black people are NOT having it anymore. The unlawful killings of black people will STOP!!

The brutal lynching of George Floyd, like a shockingly disgraceful long list of blacks before and since him, stirred up the world of emotions in me. His unlawful murder got me in my throat and in the pit of my stomach. The anger was instant and has not left an ounce of my being. But, do you know what? I don’t want it to. I need it to stay. I need to stay hurt, vexed, for the fire in my belly to continue to roar, for my head to continue thinking of ways I can contribute towards the change we need and for my heart to remember that love is why we are here and love is why we matter. Love is why we fight!

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To my Black people – we feel, think, digest, process and respond differently, but, we ARE and always will be one race: one community. We are affected, but we are not broken. We may be physically distant but, we can be socially connected. Some of us will protest offline and some of us will make noise online. However we choose to invest, the important thing is that we do (respectfully and peacefully) because without a united stance we may never have the oppressors recognise that our lives matter! Don’t come together just for the time. Come together and stay together indefinitely because each of our lives depends on our unity. We need to continuously feel proud of our heritage, spurred on by the great achievements of our ancestors, push forward with the work we are doing today and believe that, by the grace of God, concrete changes will follow. We need to continue the fight for as long as it takes. Together!

White racist people, read this slowly – black and brown people are not here to serve you in any sort of way and we were not birthed to be hunted for sport either! Your sudden realisations that you have been or are ignorant is not something we can support you with but, there, there now... Google is readily available to everybody! Get educated, elevate your consciousness, unlearn the conditioned thinking and behaviour that has caused you to despise Black people! Change is hot on the heels of everyone. Don’t resist the revolution, get with the programme!!

To White people who are genuinely in support of Black Lives - the most important things you can do to support us is to use your privilege to STAND IN THE WAY OF BRUTALITY and to open the doors to platforms where we can and will be heard.

I am proud of my fellow black people. Proud of the activism efforts of so many. Proud of the conversations we are finally showing up for. Proud of the honesty we are sharing. Proud of the movement - BLACK LIVES MATTER TOO! BLACK LIVES WILL ALWAYS MATTER! ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER!!!!

I AM SO PROUD TO BE BLACK!!

Now read this post again to fully understand the message here.

God bless,

Charley Jai x
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2 comments:

  1. FuryDJSunday 14 June 2020 at 12:28:00 BST

    Thank yoy queen quality blog i could feel your passion. I loved it BLM always 🖤✊🏿

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  2. Vel TshabalalaSunday 14 June 2020 at 13:29:00 BST

    Well said once again Ms Jai! You know I was actually in Hyde Park yesterday when all those racist bigots came together to cause trouble for the PEACEFUL protests put on by people speaking out against capitalism and racism? What kind of ignorant, deluded, entitled people come together to try and further oppress a group of people who have been oppressed for centuries when they're speaking up about having enough?? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! Centuries ago, our lands were invaded and we were captured, murdered, kidnapped, enslaved and dragged away from our homes in chains by the white man to be used and exploited in the most demeaning, cruel and barbaric ways imaginable. The contribution made to the NHS provided by the immigrants of the Windrush generation is invaluable. Black culture continues to be a HUGE influence on EVERY industry that exists, and yet these same ignorant, deluded, entitled people complain about our presence here, continue to persecute black people and get annoyed when we speak up about being treated unfairly?? REALLY?? My comfort is knowing these individuals are in the minority and that hopefully, those numbers will continue to dwindle as the world moves on and more and more decent people will keep coming together with love, instead of wasting their lives with hate. Brilliant blog Charley. You're amazing.xxx

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