I am aware that Chauvin was found guilty.
I am also aware that Mr. Floyd's death has been spoken of as a "sacrifice," as Speaker Pelosi put it, for justice. A "sacrifice" for justice in this blood-soaked nation-state.
I'm aware of the intent behind that statement; I also do not care, because that? The history in those words right there? Is why liberation work matters.
Because goddamn it, how many living, breathing, Black people have been reduced to "black bodies" and black numbers on spreadsheets and reports, sacrificed to avoid companies and family bank accounts going into the red
How many living, breathing, Black people have been used to keep the this country held upright, their blood made grease for the wheels of iniquity upon which this fucking country runs
How many living, breathing, Black people have been used as sacrifices, occasionally literally, to white supremacy and white fragility and the bottomless black hole that is consumer culture in a white supremacist nation-state
You call George Floyd a human sacrifice to avoid looking at the deferred payments people in power have made on justice
You call George Floyd a human sacrifice, and content yourselves with this, because this country could not afford the cost of justice should it be exacted all at once
Girl, fuck you
