As a servant, I must remind us of America’s original sins: slavery and genocide.
Contrary to popular belief, the sins of enslaving Africans and genocide of indigenous people has not been erased by a Civil War, Constitutional Amendments, Reconstruction, Civil and Voting Rights Acts, anti-poverty programs, Indian treaties, casinos, or reservations.
The Commission’s conclusions were: America would devolve into two societies – one Black, one White – separate and unequal; American democracy would be undermined; and America would lose international credibility as a beacon of equity and justice.
A word to the wise: the dissatisfaction amongst the populace, not just Black people, has reached the point where time nor brute force will quell the demand for equity and justice.
Today, we must reimagine America, not just policing, lest we reap the national calamities that the sins of inequity and injustice have sown.
