Black Lives Matter

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What does it mean to be deemed dangerous? What if your very body is considered a threat? I don’t have a lot of words today. Last week I wrote about the limits of shame. And yet today I’m consumed by it. There is shame in being part of a society that continues to destroy the lives of Black people. In front of our faces. Over and over again.

I can’t quite unearth all of it right now. But there is something here about manhood. And about the way men of color are imagined as sexually dangerous.

There are so many affronts to your existence. It does not always end up with a cop choking you to death. It’s a daily barrage of social and psychological violence against you. What does that do to your manhood? What does that do to the part of you that wants to be strong, to protect and to serve? 

And yet we see it happen. Men of color. Black men. Embodying dignity over and over again. Showing us what is possible, even when we are under constant threat.

There is a rage burning through this country. And there is terrible heartache at its core.  I am short of words today. Less coherent than I want to be. But I am glad I get to spend time with you tonight. It is important to turn to one another. To pray together. To hold each other. To reflect. And to take responsibility.

See you soon.

Saludos,

Gibrán