I have watched the events of the last week unfold and I have
been silent; as a white privileged female what can I possibly say? I will never
understand what BIPOC endure on a daily basis. However, I am very empathetic
and after today’s actions, I can no longer be silent.
I am a teacher educator so my job is to prepare math
teachers for their future classrooms. So I MUST speak up to set an example for
my students. We all need to stand up for what is right, which is something that
I have always done, even when it wasn’t popular. You can ask some of my
siblings about that.
And while we are supporting #BlackLivesMatter, COVID-19 is
killing thousands of Americans every day. In fact, these two things are tied
together because COVID-19 affects BIPOC more than white citizens. Both the
pandemic and the blatant racism have been fueled by an incompetent leader. The
fact that he went into a bunker and shut the lights off at the White House
tells us that he is not the leader that we need right now. In fact, he makes
things worse every day and it needs to stop. I am pleading with all of you to
contact your members of Congress and ask them to use the 25th
Amendment.
Even though the calendar says that it is 2020, I feel like
our country has regressed 50 to 60 years. In my opinion, this regression has
been caused by our current president. He has gotten away with being racist so
some of our citizens think that this behavior is okay. It is NOT okay. Everyone
in our country deserves to be treated fairly and justly.
