Are We Ever Going To Be United?
In these States of America?
Social media platforms are bursting with high-energy, as users fill massive landscapes with evidence of what most of us are experiencing, during this unprecedented season of utter chaos and acute fear of what’s to come in the prolific weeks ahead.
Twitter is my engagement of choice, and for better or worse it has my attention for most of the hours of the day and night.
Over the last couple of weeks, the mood swings of engagers has elevated in response to active debates, that incite frustration and resentment over hot-button issues, that are evidential of how very little progress has been made, centuries later.
A well known political commentator and TV host recently tweeted about how the Biden/Harris campaign needs to swiftly redirect attention to the ignored plight of Black men, who are allegedly missing in the curated messaging, that’s seemingly more devoted to the palettes of women of color, specifically Black women.
The controversial tweet was not received well and garnered threads of opinions, that widened divisions and ultimately demonstrated the level of vitriol within communities, that are fighting outside enemies while being hampered by the traitorousness of insiders.
