#but im not safe. i wasnt in the first place and im doubly not so now | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

crittertalez · 2 months ago

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everythings making me sick right now. all the posts i see are about staying positive keeping hopeful staying strong constant reminders other people are doing worse right now you need to stay strong for them anyone who is crying and upset right now is a white liberal blaming other people stay hopeful stay positive stay strong stay strong stay strong stay strong stay strong stay strong if you cry remember someone else is doing worse someone else is dying or losing someone or something and its like jesus fucking christ

im a black woman in a red state and ive been staying strong this whole time staying hopeful staying optimistic for the sake of everyone around me and today it feels like i woke up to a death sentence. one of the most fascist bigoted men in the world right now won against a black woman in a country where neo-fascism has been on the rise and all the people i care about have either already lacked rights or been in danger of losing them. and yet i still have to Stay Strong because crying about how your life could suddenly end in the next 4 years is a white thing to do. give me a break

#i dont have money i dont have a car and our community colleges campuses just received bomb threats #i dont have a good relationship with my parents to the point of being able to ask them to take us anywhere #the best i can do is share fundraisers and i have! i reblog them all to our main where people will actually see them #and i dont blame a single palestinian person for whats happened because its not their fault #and i dont even blame the people burnt out from voting as mad as i am at some of them #but im not safe. i wasnt in the first place and im doubly not so now #in one of the clips of trump being passed around where people were sure he was tired because he knew he was gonna lose #there was a black man in the front row #our mexican neighbors have a trump flag in their backyard #because so many of the people around me would rather have a racist man than a woman in power #im in more danger than i ever have been even through an entire life of already constantly being in danger #and yet i still have to deal with everyone telling me to stay strong and just focus all my energy to supporting others #i cant even get a day to grieve without grieving being a white thing to do #give me a fucking break #critter.og

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