Minnie’s Musings

Of course the minute after pressing Publish I open up FB and find a post from a friend by an African- American professor outlining the plethora of issues this young man had waded into, with the vicious intent of shutting down all forms of progressive dissent.

It is a powerful diatribe filled with anger. And it made me a tad uncomfortable.

Would my blog lead some to believe that I liked this man, that I agreed with his politics, was a highly secretive white suprematist who would cheerfully undo the life changing and courageous choices of young people I care about? Far from it.

So if you are outraged by the previous post, refer yourself to the title. ‘Conflicted’. Because my response – my gut reaction – on first hearing the news bulletin was sadness. I just hope I feel the same degree of sadness when another young man is killed on our streets or young woman follows a romantic notion to a life of servitude and death in childbirth.