No more tears to cry

Since the inception of this country. The value of Black life has never been high. The only value we hold to American society is our ability to entertain. There is not much more outside of that. We find cures for deadly pathogens. Calculate trajectories to the moon. Win presidential elections  Kill and die for this country but again. The value of our lives collectively is not much higher than that of entertainers. Modern day court jesters who hold little to no worth.  

Why do I say this? The answer is simple, I say it because  Every single time a Black Man or Woman is killed. You will always have people in this society that will justify it. Cast disparages on that individual's character. Or bring some type of argument that states. Said individual some how was responsible for his or her own death. EVEN if there is VIDEO evidence that states emphatically to the contrary. 

The vast majority of people in this country continue at every turn to devalue Black life. If a problem disproportionately affects people of color then that problem can be set aside. It is not important enough to inconvenience the masses. This response to Covid-19 and the protests it has spawned are evidence of that. If Covid-19 where Killing disproportionately White suburban conservatives. There would be not one peep of protest in these streets. 

America has always set the parameters for the dehumanization of Black people in this country at every turn and then has acted shocked when the ramifications of that dehumanization has come to the for front. From Slavery to the 13th amendment to Jim Crow to Red lining after WW2 to the Crack epidemic to the three strikes law to modern day police brutality. America has set the stage for injustice and oppression then wagged its finger at Black people for how we reacted to said injustice and oppression. 

Ahmaud Arbery is only the latest casualty of a Virus more deadly than Covid 19 could ever be. That is the Status quo of Black life in America. He wasn't the first and He will most definitely not be the last. So I have no more tears to cry. No more songs to sing. My feet are sore from marching. I only have anger in my heart I only have anger on my lips. I only have anger in my line of sight.