Lots of people are pointing out that the guilty verdict in the Chauvin trial is not enough, and another cop murdered another Black person, and there's lots of work to be done.
YES!
We are a rum species and we perpetrate horrors upon ourselves. There is always work to be done.
I remain jubilant.
I consider the alternatives:
Trump is president.
There is no vaccine.
Chauvin has just been found not-guilty.
We have untied ourselves from one tangle, and we can use the rope to walk forward.
The illustration is from an Italian cover of On the
Marionette Theater––an essay by 19th cent. German playwright Heinrich von Kleist I'd mentioned a few posts back.
The alternatives are unthinkable- the illustration superb! The orphans are trying to make a justice cake today. We will see whaat they come up with. I have been worried about you living right there in the heart of it all. Front row - the atmosphere thick- edgy, confusing! Little wonder that angst has been at high volume. Xx!
ReplyDeleteThere is definitely more work to be done and lots of it. Time and patience will be the key I think, but not enough people are patient. Trust needs to be learned and earned.
ReplyDeleteLINDA SUE: I want to see that justice cake!
ReplyDeleteHave they eaten it all already???
RIVER: Yeah, it's hard to be patient when it goes on so long... Slavery's been over since 1863.
Still, you're right, it's gonna be a while yet... Need to take the long view and hold your seat.
XO