I have read posts including some on Blue Lives Matter. The only blue skinned people I have seen are on sci-fi shows and in children's programs...so who are they talking about? The police...and yes, I knew that! But the police are not blue people. Some of their uniforms are, but uniforms are not what makes someone who they are. Uniforms designate their work or role.
School children in Nicaragua wear uniforms. They are not blue and white children. Nicaraguan children actually have varied shades of tans, browns, and darker browns skin tones.
Soldiers wear uniforms worldwide. They are not camouflaged people. They are a myriad of shades of skin colors.
Hospital staff wear uniforms. Wait staff wear uniforms. Airline pilots wear uniforms. etc. etc. etc.
Blue Lives Matter is silly...and extremely offensive to all the suffering that others have suffered at the hands of police officers.
I understand the slogan Black Lives Matter. Simply because of the color of some of humanity's skin, many of us have decided that these people don't matter...except to be our punching bag, our servants, our "beneath us", our trash.
Many of us, who are White, are blind to the gifts, the strengths, the brilliance embedded beneath that darker skin. I remember in his candidacy for president, Rev. Jesse Jackson talked about the history of society opening their doors to the inclusion of Black people into sports; and how they excelled and were better than many White athletes. With each door opening to others than Whites, people of color excel. The question Rev. Jackson asked, "Are White people afraid of people of color being better than them?"
Racism is silly as well as deadly.
Scientifically, the only difference between darker skin and lighter skin is how much melanin we all have in our skin. Albinos have none or spots. I have less than my granddaughter...as this photo shows.
My granddaughter has more melanin, because of her beautiful mother. My granddaughter is genetically part of me and despite that she is smart. She is delightful. She loves to draw. And if as she grows, she is not oppressed, she will be a great asset to the world. But she is likely to be judged on the amount of melanin in her skin instead of her gifts and talents. She is likely to be judged as untrustworthy or a danger simply because of the amount of melanin in her skin.
See how silly that is? See how deadly?
Black Lives Matter.
Clothes or uniforms do not.
-Kathleen
