June 5th
Yesterday was George Floyd's funeral in Minneapolis. All the local news stations televised it live. We watched the whole thing from beginning to end. The funeral and the extras before and after took about two hours and forty minutes. Even through we didn't know him, we still watched the whole thing. That and thanks to Corona, we didn't really have much else to do. Plus, Stan said it might be good to help support black people.
What everyone said at the funeral was powerful. One person said George died because of the pandemic. No, not the Coronavirus. The pandemic of how some people today still treat black people. Change need to happen, and they need to happen soon. It's 2020.
We even stood up during the eight minutes and 46 seconds part (well I didn't stand up for obvious reasons, and Roger because, well, he's Roger.)
After the live coverage was done, Steve showed me a powerful but upsetting video that FBE sent out on their YouTube channel. In it, they had their multiple African Americans speak out and tell us their story of what happened to them because they were black. Some were disturbing like them getting in trouble with the police just because of the color of their skin. That isn't right. Whites, Germans, and everyone else that's not black is just as capable to commit a crime, but because of history, police assume blacks are dangerous. Going after blacks because you assume are suspicious and they are in fact innocent isn't right. I'm sorry but those stories were disgusting and heartbreaking.
Some twins told their story. One said how she wanted to play with someone else and the other person said no. She asked why. Guess what the reason was? 'Because you're black.' The other twin said some bullies were calling her the N word. These two twins are only kids, and they were facing horrible discrimination too.
One guy said he's scared of going out in public because of what other people might think of him and he still goes out. One lady said when she was in school that she and another girl went to the principal's office because the white girl called her the N word. The principal wasn't mad at the black girl, asked if she was okay, and let her go. They were some more stories, but these I feel were some examples.
Steve then showed me another video of another stupid and distasteful Internet trend. In them, they mock George's death by one kid kneeling on their friend's necks while smiling at the camera. Licking ice cream and putting them back on the freezer self for the next unsuspecting person is one disgusting trend but mocking a black man's death? That's way worse! Don't the parents of these disrespectful brats teach them any respect? What has the young generation and society in general come to?
Obviously change has to happen and I hope it happens soon. Police are supposed to help make the word a better place, not make it worse by their stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr. asked for change way back in the sixties. It's 2020 now, about sixty years later. That was plenty of time to change, and yet how some people still are around blacks, doesn't feel like it did anything much. It did change somewhat to a degree, but we still have a long way to go I guess in order for that dream to come June 5th
Yesterday was George Floyd's funeral in Minneapolis. All the local news stations televised it live. We watched the whole thing from beginning to end. The funeral and the extras before and after took about two hours and forty minutes. Even through we didn't know him, we still watched the whole thing. That and thanks to Corona, we didn't really have much else to do. Plus, Stan said it might be good to help support black people.
What everyone said at the funeral was powerful. One person said George died because of the pandemic. No, not the Coronavirus. The pandemic of how some people today still treat black people. Change need to happen, and they need to happen soon. It's 2020.
We even stood up during the eight minutes and 46 seconds part (well I didn't stand up for obvious reasons, and Roger because, well, he's Roger.)
After the live coverage was done, Steve showed me a powerful but upsetting video that FBE sent out on their YouTube channel. In it, they had their multiple African Americans speak out and tell us their story of what happened to them because they were black. Some were disturbing like them getting in trouble with the police just because of the color of their skin. That isn't right. Whites, Germans, and everyone else that's not black is just as capable to commit a crime, but because of history, police assume blacks are dangerous. Going after blacks because you assume are suspicious and they are in fact innocent isn't right. I'm sorry but those stories were disgusting and heartbreaking.
Some twins told their story. One said how she wanted to play with someone else and the other person said no. She asked why. Guess what the reason was? 'Because you're black.' The other twin said some bullies were calling her the N word. These two twins are only kids, and they were facing horrible discrimination too.
One guy said he's scared of going out in public because of what other people might think of him and he still goes out. One lady said when she was in school that she and another girl went to the principal's office because the white girl called her the N word. The principal wasn't mad at the black girl, asked if she was okay, and let her go. They were some more stories, but these I feel were some examples.
Steve then showed me another video of another stupid and distasteful Internet trend. In them, they mock George's death by one kid kneeling on their friend's necks while smiling at the camera. Licking ice cream and putting them back on the freezer self for the next unsuspecting person is one disgusting trend but mocking a black man's death? That's way worse! Don't the parents of these disrespectful brats teach them any respect? What has the young generation and society in general come to?
Obviously change has to happen and I hope it happens soon. Police are supposed to help make the word a better place, not make it worse by their stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr. asked for change way back in the sixties. It's 2020 now, about sixty years later. That was plenty of time to change, and yet how some people still are around blacks, doesn't feel like it did anything much. It did change somewhat to a degree, but we still have a long way to go I guess in order for that dream to come true.
June 5th Yesterday was George Floyd's funeral in Minneapolis. All the local news stations televised it live. We watched the whole thing from beginning to end. The funeral and the extras before and after took about two hours and forty minutes. Even through we didn't know him, we still watched the whole thing. That and thanks to Corona, we didn't really have much else to do. Plus, Stan said it might be good to help support black people. What everyone said at the funeral was powerful. One person said George died because of the pandemic. No, not the Coronavirus. The pandemic of how some people today still treat black people. Change need to happen, and they need to happen soon. It's 2020. We even stood up during the eight minutes and 46 seconds part (well I didn't stand up for obvious reasons, and Roger because, well, he's Roger.) After the live coverage was done, Steve showed me a powerful but upsetting video that FBE sent out on their YouTube channel. In it, they had their multiple African Americans speak out and tell us their story of what happened to them because they were black. Some were disturbing like them getting in trouble with the police just because of the color of their skin. That isn't right. Whites, Germans, and everyone else that's not black is just as capable to commit a crime, but because of history, police assume blacks are dangerous. Going after blacks because you assume are suspicious and they are in fact innocent isn't right. I'm sorry but those stories were disgusting and heartbreaking. Some twins told their story. One said how she wanted to play with someone else and the other person said no. She asked why. Guess what the reason was? 'Because you're black.' The other twin said some bullies were calling her the N word. These two twins are only kids, and they were facing horrible discrimination too. One guy said he's scared of going out in public because of what other people might think of him and he still goes out. One lady said when she was in school that she and another girl went to the principal's office because the white girl called her the N word. The principal wasn't mad at the black girl, asked if she was okay, and let her go. They were some more stories, but these I feel were some examples. Steve then showed me another video of another stupid and distasteful Internet trend. In them, they mock George's death by one kid kneeling on their friend's necks while smiling at the camera. Licking ice cream and putting them back on the freezer self for the next unsuspecting person is one disgusting trend but mocking a black man's death? That's way worse! Don't the parents of these disrespectful brats teach them any respect? What has the young generation and society in general come to? Obviously change has to happen and I hope it happens soon. Police are supposed to help make the word a better place, not make it worse by their stupidity. Martin Luther King Jr. asked for change way back in the sixties. It's 2020 now, about sixty years later. That was plenty of time to change, and yet how some people still are around blacks, doesn't feel like it did anything much. It did change somewhat to a degree, but we still have a long way to go I guess in order for that dream to come true.