11/21/2023 0 Comments Rest in power breonna taylor![]() Black women cannot even find rest and refuge in our own homes without the threat of being murdered. Black women are never allowed to be vulnerable. What more does this world want from Black women that we have not already given? Black women have paid our dues in blood.Īnd still, Black women are never allowed a moment to be the victim. We have had our bodies used for medical research. We have buried our sons and our daughters too soon. We have shouted, and this world turned a deaf ear to our cries. We endured the bites of dogs and hits from billy clubs. We were the conductor on the railroad to freedom. ![]() We toiled in your fields from sun-up to sundown. We have nursed your children when we couldn’t even nurse our own. We have worked tirelessly for little to no pay. This world has the audacity to ask Black women what do we do now? What haven’t Black women done?īlack women have always stood on the frontlines and the sidelines. How do I explain to people how it feels as a Black woman to know that someone will be held accountable for shooting through a wall before being held responsible for killing a Black woman? How do I explain to my daughter that a neighbor’s apartment wall was more valuable than the life of Breonna Taylor? How do I explain to my daughter that a neighbor’s apartment wall was more valuable than the life of Breonna Taylor?Īfter the announcement, many people asked me: “What do we do now?” I was stunned by this question. Now, 55 years later, we are still fighting to receive justice for Black women. Her case was never solved, and Jones never received justice. Black women have stood in solidarity waiting for justice – justice that was far too long delayed and on Wednesday denied as we learned that no one would be held accountable for the murder of Breonna Taylor.Īs I sat in Injustice Square Park after hearing the announcement that inherently I knew would be coming, I wondered: “When? If not today, when will this world ever provide justice for Black women?” In 1965, the Louisville city attorney Alberta Jones was murdered. Black women have become the face of the Say Her Name movement, fueled by our children’s blood. Black women created art, wrote poems and sang songs that spoke of freedom. ![]() Black women have marched and cooked food to provide sustenance for others. To rally the nation around Taylor, Black women occupied space, shouted and protested. For more than 100 days, Black women have mourned the tragic murder of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman killed in her home by the Louisville metro police department.
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