Dear diary,

By now, every one should have seen the devastating video of George Floyd being murdered by members of the police force.

I wasn’t going to write anything about it, not because I am pretending to be blind about the situation but because I am tired! I am sick and tired of having this conversation. But I owe it to George Floyd, to Philando Castile, I owe it to Breonna Taylor, to Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. I owe it to Stephen Lawrence and Mark Duggan. I owe it to these people, plus many more, to keep having this conversation until it sinks into every pore possible.

Black people are NOT thugs. Black people are NOT ghetto. Black people are NOT uneducated. We are not poor, dirty, second class or anything else some people like to think we are. Our dark skin, beautiful and full of melanin is not a sign of disgrace, nor will it ever be. Our soft hair, coils towards the sun, charging us up with it’s energy. We are KINGS AND QUEENS!

Please let me remind you, my ancestors were minding their own business, living their peaceful lives before they were stolen and taken from the motherland. My ancestors are more than cotton picking slaves. My ancestors ruled!

The Black Lives Matter movement does NOT mean other lives do not matter. What we are saying is; Black lives matter because it is very clear to us that we don’t matter. There is a justice system that clearly wasn’t built to protect my people. It feels like not one, is willing to stand up for us when an injustice has been committed. We are branded DANGEROUS, A GANG MEMBER, AGGRESSIVE, A DRUG DEALER yet in reality, you couldn’t be further than the truth.

For centuries, people have stolen our land, raped us for our resources, stolen our music and sense of style and let us not forget our natural features. The list goes on…

We have had ENOUGH!

I speak as a woman of Jamaican and Pakistani heritage. To my Muslim brothers and sisters out there, who too get racially abused and attacked on a daily basis, this fight is for you too!!! This fight is for any person of colour because we deserve to have a carefree life. We shouldn’t have to worry about sending our children out incase the police stop and shoot them. We shouldn’t have to be anxious at the sight of a police car or being wrongfully labelled as aggressive so therefore peoples disgusting actions can be justified. I am going to have beautiful black children and I am scared to bring them up in such an ugly world. The human race needs to come together in solidarity. And if all lives mattered, why are people homeless? Why do you judge immigrants who come to seek a better life? Why is a person’s sexual preference judged? All lives do not matter. Enough is enough.

You cannot enjoy the rhythm and ignore the blues….

Stay Blessed xxx