You haven’t seen any posts to do with the racial equality movement happening these days.
As a middle eastern born man, I’ve faced my own type of prejudice since arriving on these shore those many moons ago. My brown skin, the unfamiliarity of the Farsi language to the average American, and the fact that, for whatever reason, I look Hispanic (something to do with my maternal ancestors I’m told) have brought me face to face with a special kind of ignorance and judgement.
Of course, none of my experiences remotely resemble what happened to George Floyd and countess other black people living in the US and the world over. I’ve never been arrested because of my brown skin; subjected to brutal police tactics, had my life threatened, or chased away from places. But still, I’ve felt the tip of that heinous sword poke at me, and I’ve never understood it.
I’ve always believed in being nice. Ask me about my general belief, and I’ll tell you ‘Don’t be a dick.’ You don’t have to belong to any religion sect, race or nation, to just not be a dick. Simply put, don’t hurt anyone. Help when and however you can. Don’t cheat and/or steal. Don’t treat others any way you wouldn’t like to be treated.
Continue along those lines.
And that’s why I don’t post anything about what’s been happening to my social media. Equality across the human board should be built into our being, not something we occasionally post about on Facebook whenever it appears on the national radar; to garner attention to your account and show off how good a person you are, only to forget about it in a few days and go back to posting scantily clad videos of yourself to your stories.
There are a good many pseudo/celebrities out there who genuinely care about racial justice, but they’re so few and far in between that they get lost in my modest feed. Even they give up after a while and go back to promoting whatever product or media they’re working on at the moment. That’s why I’m sitting back and listening; learning and hopefully improving as I do.
Everyone should care about social justice and racial equality without any prompt. Being a decent person isn’t an occasional hobby. And there’s a very simple way to remember how to do it.
Just don’t be a dick.