No, thank you.

 

There's plenty of good people doing good work and I am thankful for them every day. There are also people who are not putting in any work. Yet, the worst kind of people are not the ones who put no work, rather the ones who pretend to. And to these people, I say; "No, thank you."

To those who know and understand our problems, to those who have the ability to invoke change, to those politicians and activists I say, "No, thank you." 

To those who are outraged by the use of the terms "alien" or "illegal," but spare no outrage for the millions of undocumented immigrants living in struggle in the US; To those who are outraged because of physical symbols that represent white supremacy, but offer no outrage at the very real institutional and systemic racism BIPOC communities continue to endure; To those who are outraged by the gender pay gap, but pay no attention toward its more adverse effects toward women of color; To those who are outraged by racism, but only when it's convenient or cool; To those who promise and under deliver; I say, "No thank you." 

I am tired of empty promises and under deliveries. I am tired of politicians using us as human chess pieces. I am tired of the corruption. I am tired of the evils. But most of all, I am tired of the faux outrage. I am tired of watching this nation continue to put bandaids on problems that require more than temporary patches. I am tired of people in positions of power who know about these problems and have an ability to invoke change, yet continue in their lives of faux outrage. 

And to them, I say, "No, thank you."