A process of reconciliation for all Americans
Editor’s Note: This guest article by Minister Mauuso, the WFWP Washington DC Co-Chairwoman, is part of a new initiative by WFWP Logic of Love News to feature the voices of African American women and give them a platform to share their thoughts and feelings about the growing awareness of racial injustice and what is needed to work towards peace and reconciliation. The opinions expressed herein are solely the views of the author.
If it is as they say, that "All things work together for our good," then we are navigating a new reality. The straw that broke the camel's back was the incident with George Floyd.
Recently, these deep wounds, continually given to black people, have finally emerged in such a way that the entire world sees America through the lens of institutional and systemic racial injustice. The historical senseless murder and abuse against Black people, including by police, have exposed just a crack of the sin and crime of modern white supremacy and its brand of racial injustice, deception, manipulation, terrorism, and miseducation which continue to operate all throughout our nation and society.
The world now sees that America has violated the human and civil rights of its Black citizens. The truth has been exposed and all eyes can see protests throughout America and around the globe that are displaying that more than just black people are sick, tired, and angry. They and their allies are willing to take to the streets in protest.
The people of this nation must STEP UP along with the institutions and the business community to address these issues. Blacks have been doing their part to build this nation even while being held down, discriminated against, terrorized, and made to live in fear within our own communities and systematically murdered, incarcerated, miseducated, and driven to the brink of hopelessness. This has created a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) of epic proportions in Americans of African descent.
Every cycle of new political regimes hears our cries and sees our pain and they do NOTHING to change our overall worsening conditions. Making our nation great again can only be done when white supremacy and institutionalized racism are exposed and handled properly with solutions that are supported by laws, steep penalties, and shame. The system must address our SHARED HISTORY and a process of reconciliation must be put in place for ALL AMERICANS so that we can live up to aspirations of our National Declaration of Independence. We can do this as America IS the wealthiest nation in modern human history.