A response to the final discussion in AFAM 40A class
Black “l(fā)ife” lived in the U.S. is an impossible kind of living; Black lives lived anywhen and anywhere form impossible kinds of stories. What can be made of this?
For this is the final reply that I could leave here, I want to talk about what I really think about this question. I guarantee this is all about what I think about, they are without any consideration for both political correctness and language smoothness; it is all about my “truth.”?
The impossible story of “black life” in the United States today is a complex body that consists of prejudices (from the elder generation), malice (from either those who destroys public or private properties during protests), and uncertainty (that how the young generation would be willing to continue this fight toward racism).?
There is no such language that could perfectly convey the anger, sorrow, and pain of the past victims from racism persecution. What the later generation receives from their history book, no matter how vivid or how realistic the story is like, is always covered with barriers that naturally exists between words and personal experiences. Time elapse flushed the memories of the past, bringing away those who knew how the true story looks like (survivors, or witnesses of the political movements).?
We all born from freedom, and we all will reunion in the darkness; what differs from individuals is to what extent, a person could select the life he/she wants. From a personal perspective, everyone should have the right to seek true happiness. If possible, nobody wants to carry the burdensome historical issues with them, to either black people or white people, and other colored people as well. (In a more general way speaking, this is how “Anti-Black” generates.)
Here is the conflict: the elder generation flattened the most challenging time; they expect that their children can live in the world that Martin Luther King Jr. describing in the speech “I have a dream.” But what happens is that young generations don’t have enough willingness to take the “burdensome history” into their life. Under the reasoning of these “ideological differences,” the new generation would think that the elder people are too serious about those “unnecessary” past stories, failing to continue the “unstopped fight” that unites all races in the country. How many of them in the protest of BLM is really appealing for equality, and how many of them, are just for an unconscious activity that could gather people together which gives them a sense of belonging? I can’t give a certain conclusion, but I believe, the latter takes the majority.? ? ??
We already realized the true answer to this racial question that this is an issue that is always waiting for an answer; we expect someone in the future could solve it, but we know that the future and present will be alike because there is no more panic that “could harm the existence of the entire race.”??
I show my highest tribute to those who sacrificed either gallantly or namelessly in this long-lasting war, and I felt sorry for those who got injured or lost their beloved in the struggle; despite that, the story of black people is still too far to welcome its end.