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Do Black Lives really matter?
How to change the world to make them matter!
Social media has bombarded us with “Black Lives Matter” campaigns. But let’s face it, project yourself in the future. Think of 6 or 12 months down the line, and I’m pretty sure that the “Black Lives Matter” campaign will be a thing of the past. So do Black Lives really matter for you? And just because you changed your Facebook profile pic, does not count. It probably had a negligible effect and didn’t really change the world. They will only matter again when another person gets killed! For the rest of the days, it will be business as usual.
The truth is that I am sick and angry about the world we live in where the more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. We are not living in the 17th century where people got kidnapped from their homeland, abused and thrown away like a sack of potatoes. It’s 2020, and we’re still debating whether the life of a person matters? How can this possibly be?
The answer is simple. The real change we need and which politicians promise us is just an illusion. Our…
