What are you fight for?


What are you fight for?


There appears to be a critical mass of people willing to take to the streets. Seniors, veterans, Generation X and more have begun to stand up for the institutions, safety net programs, and government agencies that sustain them. They are willing to fight the cruelty and chaos being imposed on American society. On the surface these protests seem productive, like the spark of a revolution. The question I have for these protestors is what are you really fighting for? 

The day Biden left office the economy was stronger than it had been in some time. The political divide seemed like it could be bridged. The status quo was the law of the land. But to those of us on the margins, especially generation Z and Black Americans, the sense of loss, hurt, grief, and dismissal persisted. 

Then, Trump, and seemingly overnight the number of us thought un-American, unnecessary, and unworthy, grew.  Fear is now a persistent companion for the masses as people wrestle with what is happening and what it means for them. Folks are having to reckon with the role of government in their daily lives and the abandonment of social contracts that govern society. 

In the last two weeks veterans, seniors, families—real Americans, have taken to the streets in protest.  Noticeably, there are segments of the population missing- the young (Gen Z) and Black Americans. The question is why, the answer is why would they be there?

Why should Gen’s Z and Black Americans continue to put their bodies on the line for a society that doesn’t recognize the severity of the harms of racism and climate crisis that define their lives and are the real existential threat to America. There is no future for America that doesn’t reconcile these harms. 


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