Status Updates From Riot

“If it’s my skin that makes me “unsafe”, can i take it off and put it in a drawer until the streets are calm again? If it’s my skin that puts me in the sights of murderers, can I change it the way I would change my dress or apron? Where is this “safe” you’re talking about?”

“And, if their lives have no meaning, they pray that maybe the color of their skins hold some vestige of a higher truth.”

“Yes, well, yes… I guess American has shaken off the stupor of its promise and its beauty. And is asking itself questions it should have answered over 75 years ago.”