Our cities are crying. Not just crying, but rather screaming out for
help. It is not uncommon for cities in a comic book to be full of despair,
crime, lost parents and hope. It is not uncommon for their
world to be burning with an innocent life to save from a known or
unknown villain or foe. All they have to do is call out or shine a light
in the sky and a great hero will be there to sweep them off their feet,
defeating the villain and hooray the day is saved! Justice rings true
once more and everyone can go on smiling like nothing happened all
because they know someone is there to save them. Someone is there
to reach out their hand and say “I got you” or “Did someone call their
neighborhood Spiderman?”
As I sit here and look out the window, hearing protesters crowd the
street calling for justice and peace I ask myself, where are our heroes?
Where is our flying superman in the sky reaching out his hand to provide
a swift and true justice? Where was our hero when a man yelled
out “I can’t breathe” as he lay dying in the street for all the world to
see? Or when a woman enjoys a quiet evening in her own home before
being shot and killed by those who swore to protect us? And as
the tears fall for so many families around the world that are crying
and pleading for help and understanding, where is that voice to tell
them that this is enough and for it to be actually heard?
The reality is life isn’t a comic book. There isn’t one person that has
the magical ability to fix and change the world let alone a situation.
Many people like news anchor Don Leonon call out celebrities asking
them to raise their voices and use their fame to help out with social
justice, but I’m sorry. The streets don’t need those who have managed
to make it out of it speaking on things they now know nothing
about. I heard recently “Do you really want to hear a celebrity right
now, do we really care what JaRule thinks? This is the streets talking
for themselves.” I would go a bit further than that and say that this is
the WORLD talking for itself and the world is tired of the constant
bullshit of inequality. The world is tired of seeing video after video of
our brothers and sisters dying on the streets and nothing being done
about it. And for the first time, it is not just one race talking and
walking for change, it's every race; young and old that have taken a
stand to say enough is enough.
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