5'7 Black Male

This feeling you have right now. Amazement that the country could be so short-sighted, that it could embrace hate so tightly? Welcome.

This despair and dread you feel. The indignation, the bewilderment, the hurt, powerlessness, the fear for family and livelihood? Welcome.

That knot in your stomach, that feeling of heartache? That uncertainty about your safety? The deep sense of fundamental injustice? Welcome.

For many marginalized people, this spike in distress you feel this morning is what we feel EVERY morning.

That feeling of "How could they possibly...?" is precisely what we feel with every incidence of excused violence, disenfranchisement, denial

I do not say this to diminish what you feel today. What you feel is real and valid. I'm giving you an opportunity to truly empathize.

For it is the lack of that empathy that allowed America to shrug as the marginalized shouted warnings.

@tim_brannigan Except that thread doesn't quite cover the shame a lot of white people feel. @absurdistwords

@ClaireAllan perhaps. But I I think he's asking for 5 minutes where white people's feelings aren't the top of the agenda. Hope so, anyway.

@tim_brannigan @ClaireAllan this -- exactly. Time for us to listen.

@mactavish indeed. I agree. But still while listening- feel ashamed. It's not and either/ or @tim_brannigan

@ClaireAllan was a tweet deleted here?

@tim_brannigan Although I'm not sure I'm getting my point across. Yes - white people not top of the agenda. But not all of us are shocked..

@absurdistwords respect what you've said. I wonder though, would you be feeling far different if she had won?

@absurdistwords this only comes out because the candidate you and half the country voted for didn't get elected?

@angeliciscores @absurdistwords Yes and no. You're only listening now because she lost.

@friendlyquark @absurdistwords incorrect, I'm no longer listening. I've been raising my family and working hard to do so every day. You?

@angeliciscores @absurdistwords Me too. Same with everyone else on this feed. But we're not the ones getting shot by cops.

@friendlyquark @absurdistwords I don't get shot by cops because I don't break laws. Quite simple.

@angeliciscores nothing simple about it. We do not get stopped/arrested as much as POC for the same conduct