overthrow the government

So I'm basically kind of tired of seeing black bodies and black people getting killed for the simple reason that is because they're black. But I'm also really tired of only seeing protests, hashtags and tumblr posts too. Now I'm not bashing social media activism, because without it I wouldn't be as conscious as I am today. However, I feel that that is all that we do.

We just kind of sit back and write this long post on systemic racism, then go to bed. There is obviously nothing wrong with that, but it's so obvious that that isn't really working alone. We are still preaching on twitter, and black people are still getting killed. Us young people are making all of these magazines and cool platforms for other people like us, but police brutality hasn't stopped. And I'm not saying that all of this social stuff doesn't matter because it does, but doing it alone isn't enough.

Look, Mussolini didn't get into power purely through his newspaper, he became the prime minister, he had a squad of people who would fight to get what he wanted.

African Americans didn't get the right to vote through marches and speeches alone. The people in power, the people who create the laws and are part of the system, co-operated with MLK and essentially changed things.

We are waiting, but they're not going to stop, because why would they?

I feel that the only real way for change, is if the people in power start working with us. Police officers start criticising their own, judges start doing their jobs properly, congress suddenly becomes enlightened. Or, we overthrow the bloody government, because at least that means we can start all over again. Or, we get into power ourselves and change things from there. They can't do anything, if we're, in charge. If I were the judge of the Brock case, he wouldn't have been let off so easily. If we are the heads, the CEOs, the bosses, the chiefs, whatever. If we are in charge, then we can change things from then on. 

(Beyonce must have been in complete creative control, or her team is completely on board with her vision because the amount of various black girls in Lemonade ... I can't see someone who isn't in charge doing that.)

I'm not trying to judge, because I am honestly criticising myself, because what am I doing? However I do feel that I can speak on this.

I also feel that this problem also comes, because we're too afraid, and quite rightly so to be honest. I don't feel like putting my life in danger. I'm comfortable, and that's the problem. We're not angry enough, we're not uncomfortable enough. To be honest, in the town where I live, I'm not afraid of getting hurt by the police. I have a macbook, a wall to wall wardrobe, I can afford holidays, I'm not in poverty because of my race, I'm pretty well off. I feel that because a lot of this doesn't affect us directly (even though it could), we're not ready to do anything. In the 1930s, every black person was affected. Everyone had it hard, some harder than others, but everyone had is HARD. Now, we don't, and we'd rather not do anything until something big happens.

I also think that we are too caught up in making changes online, and not in "real life." Being artists, and changing things through our paintings and songs, and not trying to get into government.

Now I'm personally an artist, and I am going to do my part through art, but the reason why I'm saying this, is because I feel that being an "artist" is kind of a trend at the moment. I may be wrong, but this is how I am seeing everything. People who aren't really passionate about art, are being "artists" because they feel that it's cool, but they'd much rather be writing a book on the biological cousins of iguanas, or training to become a police officer or an attorney. I don't know.

I just feel that we are doing the same thing over and over again, and nothing is working, yet we keep on doing it anyway. We're focused too much on one thing and not on other aspects, and we're just generally not ready.

P.S: I'm not bashing anyone, I just feel that we could all do better.

P.P.S: I am criticisng myself as much as others, and I also feel like I'm just talking because I don't think I've come up with a solution, other than "become the boss" (I don't even know if I even made that point until now).

P.P.P.S: I am open to correction and criticism

P.P.P.P.S: I apologise for making no sense

P.P.P.P.P.S: I got the moth and set it free.