Dear-heart, I feel you, but at 66 years young -- I've seen enough Black trauma porn. I've experienced it first-hand, when my young cousin died on the beach in Edisto Island, SC (which he knew like the back of his hand years ago) and while we were out there searching for his body. My heart and brain cannot take it in anymore. I am so UNDONE, Daughter. I cannot believe that we're STILL doing this shit after all this: https://withoutsanctuary.org/

It absolutely strips me, Sweetie. It enrages me that I CAN'T MAKE IT STOP!! It bleeds my heart and makes my SOUL SHAKE. More importantly -- it makes me want to be someone I'd never thought I'd be.

My Buddy, Jimmy Baldwin (like I knew him like that, right?!) once said, “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose." Darlin', THAT PERSON IS ME!! I'm old (and so is my husband), my kids are grown, my grandkids are growing. I've no bills to speak of and I'm at the point where I don't give a F*CK!! I ain't scared of jail (trust me -- been there done that for some bullshit that never should've happened). But, as "Sister Outsider" Audre Lorde said so succinctly -- "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House."

We've GOT to do something new, something different, something effective!l Constantly watching how they degrade us, and begging for them to do better is not workin', Darlin' -- just not workin'. Know that my WHOLE HEART goes out to you and your family -- but is it enough?