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Guns are racist weapons

Enforcing power over Blacks

Historically denied possession

The Second Amendment

Has misinformed flaws

Leading to violence and racism

White males interpret their gun rights

As a guaranteed privilege

To maintain a militia or police state

To keep Blacks in submission

With outdated Jim Crow laws

Countering fear of Blackness

If one believes in equality

The First Amendment is the priority

Nullifying the Second

Time to get over the myth of guns

Learn to be brave, not cowards

Don’t undermine our democracy.

7/9/21 By Ron Faust (On occasion of taking some cues from the book, The Second: Racism and Guns of a Fatally Unequal America, and working to liberate ourselves from autocratic control, by a moral law, not guns.)

Second to None

Guns are racist weapons
Enforcing power over Blacks
Historically denied possession

The Second Amendment
Has misinformed flaws
Leading to violence and racism

Add new threads to our national narratives

What we are taught about the founding of our country does not reflect experiences of indigenous people, and our lofty values of freedom and democracy fail to recognize the disenfranchisement of African Americans, women, and poor people in general.

Solidarity with Blackness

Ron Faust muses about Chadwick Boseman, portraying change agents, such that “Even in a flicker of time his moment lasts.”

Targeted by police and community

White people have no idea of the threat that police are to Black people. During the 7 years we have lived in our house, my husband has been stopped by two police for raking our front yard and asked, “Do the owners know you’re here?”

Everyday Racism

I'm writing this because my wife posted some instances of Racism she has seen me go through since we have been together in this house on the Southside of St. Louis. Those are just a couple of the things I told her about, because the other things were everyday Racism that just bounce off of me. I don’t want to have her living in fear that one day I might not come home.

What white people can do for racial justice

Work on ensuring that Black educators are hired where Black children are taught. Work with your HR department to recruit Americans who are descendants of enslaved Africans. Donate to anti-white-supremacy work. Support Black businesses. Bank Black. These are a few of the actions white persons can take for racial justice, as recommended by Corinne Shutack.

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