“Get Over It, Black People!”
The double standard of asking Black people to move on from racism
How many times have we heard American apologists tell Black people to just get over it?
“It’s time to move on.”
Slavery ended over 150 years ago. Black people have been able to vote since the 1960s. We ended separate drinking fountains and back seats on the bus long before most of us were born. Black people can go to college. Become engineers. Doctors. Lawyers. Whatever they want.
“How long are they gonna continue to milk the race card,” one acquaintance asked me recently.
They? I thought y’all didn’t like pronouns.
Enough is enough, so many white folks say.
I’ve addressed in other pieces how America’s racist structures are still alive and well.
So, we’ll set aside the discussion about whether America has matured enough to stop the conversation about ongoing systemic racism.
