I'm a white woman. This message may not be perfect but it's better to say something than stay silent.
I don't know where to begin. Racial tensions have skyrocketed and every single news clip breaks my heart over and over again. As a white woman, I do not know their experience. I do not know what it is like to see an individual who looks like me get killed over and over again and for the killers to be set free. I cannot really fathom what that is like.
It is not their problem; it is our problem. When it is our problem, change occurs. Everybody is somebody to someone. George Floyd was a basketball player, a college athlete, a gentle giant, and of course, a father. That is what an entire community lost and will never get back. Mr. Floyd represents countless other individuals of color that have been killed from police brutality including Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and the list is devastatingly long.
My dear friend, Kevin D'agostino passed away from Cystic Fibrosis. I am grieving a personal loss as well as trying to understand how I can use my white privilege to work towards a more just society. Kevin is not here because science isn't moving fast enough; George Floyd is not here because society isn't moving fast enough. We're all part of society; we can all take action and do better.
In Solidarity,
Hannah
