A Simple Message.

I've been perplexed and disgusted by the concept and reality of racism for about as long as I can remember. I vividly remember seeing a news clip of white police officers attacking black people with German Shepherds and watching them dogs the young men with a sadistic pleasure that would make even the devil blush. This was a news clip from post-Apartheid South Africa; POST Apartheid. I was young. Far too young to be exposed to such a gruesome reality but I had to see it; that was our reality. That is still our reality the world over. We are not valued.We are hated. So many black people around the world have fallen victim to this disgusting plague, robbing us of our livelihoods, our dignity, our sense of self-worth and our lives. It has to stop. This is my little contribution to this struggle that has, sadly, defined our existence on this earth. A Simple Message: BLACK LIVES MATTER.