An open letter to another soul

Discrimination is a revolving door that America can never seem to get out of. It keeps going and over time does not change much. To be black in America is still as dangerous as it was 100 years ago. Back in the day they could kill us because of the color of our skin and today that still remains true but in today’s world they are still not held accountable for it.

Being a minority or being woman or being the different one in race, gender, or sexual orientation, we are constantly reminded to strive but not to far. To reach but not high. To learn but not a lot. To speak but don’t say much. We are reminded to stay in our area, in our lane, and to be good not great. That is unacceptable. We are taught discrimination is a black problem, it’s not. Its a human problem because everyone has faced it. Everyone has faced discrimination in some way either given or received.

Back in the day that did not keep people from living their lives. These close minded ideals did not keep Harriet Tubman from creating the Underground Railroad, it did not keep Josephine Baker from performing, it did not keep Bessie Coleman from learning to fly, it did not keep Nina Simone from speaking the truth, it did not keep Martin Luther King from protesting what right in a peaceful manner, it did not stop Bessie Smith from being the Empress of Blues, it did not stop Eugene Bullard from being the first African American Military Pilot, and right now it has not stop Colin Kaepernick, J Cole, Erykah Badu, Solange, and millions of others out there living our truth.

So what am I saying? Keep being you. Dont apologize for who you are or what you look like. If God wanted us to be the same, he would have created us the same but instead he made us all different in his image of what he wanted us to be. We should all love and care for one another. We should treat one another equal. There should be no judgement only acceptance. We should lift each other up not break each other done. At the end of the day we may not look the same on the outside but we all bleed red blood. This should only apply to other humans but animals and plants as well and to Mother Earth. No spirit should be broken.

Being a soul in this vessel I have been given on borrowed I respect every soul and spirit and judge no one, this is my call to action.