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It’s going to be a hot summer

The raw violence spilled over early this year. The racial tension - that usually simmers peacefully for all those that don’t live under the cover of the unrelenting constant pressure cooker of oppression - has boiled over into a hot mess. Usually we have to wait until the height of summer for the news cycle to shine a brief flashlight on police brutality - a surface artifact of the full scope of brutality that runs constantly and normally flawlessly beneath the surface.  Every summer these days the false anomaly of the unarmed black body murdered by law enforcement reaches the main stream by the usual method of recorded cell phone video. I don’t know that the Matrix of systemic racism could exist without allowing a little evil to release and test if society still has a taste to let everything else underneath continue to exist. 

But summer has come early this year. There’s more fuel for the pressure cooker than usual - an epidemic fueled by systemic racism brings disproportionate death to communities of color, a president not afraid to support white supremacy and incite violence not seen in decades. He says “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.”  full throatily invoking the voice of oppressors from the 60s.  Protests have started across the country, my social media echo chamber is filled with comforting friends from my network across the years united in frustration, anguish, pain, anger, and a desire to fight the systemic inequalities laid bare by current events.  I’m not too optimistic that lasting change will come but I am not afraid of the heat of a hot summer. I’m looking for my spot to take action to make this boil over be a catalyst for real change. Until then, there’s just one thing I can guarantee to all - it’s going to be a hot summer.

#george floyd #AhmaudArbery #amy cooper #karen #riot #trump #systemic racism #Ellis Conversations #social justice #police brutality #systemic raciscm #covid-19

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Reaction to Biden's executive orders

Retired Federal Magistrate Judge the Honorable Ronald Ellis on President Biden’s executive orders this week. Tune into Ellis Conversations to hear more conversation on the intersection of law, history, and race. Next episode we tackle the capital riots and their historical context with other flash points in history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsCJcCSzu0I

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-to-sign-executive-actions-on-equity/2021/01/26/3ffbcff6-5f8e-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/business/biden-private-prisons-justice-department.html

Check out this episode!

#Biden #systemic raciscm