The words of King David that appear in Psalm 13 of the Old Testament echo in the hearts of American people of color today:
“How long, O Lord?
For more than a century before that, people of the first nations suffered systematic attempts at extermination at the hands of European invaders bent on genocide.
There no longer can be any pretext that America is populated with only kind and caring people who abide by the rule of law and respect the sanctity of human life.
African Americans are not the only people bearing the brunt of white supremacy, but we see our humanity denied and cry out for justice for:
Ahmaud Arbery, killed while jogging in a Georgia suburb;
Atatiana Jefferson, killed in her home in Fort Worth, Texas;
Breonna Taylor, killed in her bed in Louisville;
George Floyd, killed on a Minneapolis street.
King David prayed for a cure to injustice thousands of years ago when he wrote:
“Consider and answer me, O Lord my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
lest my enemy say, ‘I have prevailed over him,’
lest my foes rejoice because I am shaken.”
