The Journal of Steffanie Rivers
*If it’s one factor you may depend on from Black folks, we all know snigger within the midst of a nasty scenario (just like the “Montgomery Brawl”). Give us a cloud and we see God’s face in it. Give us rain and we search for the rainbow. Give us lemons, we make lemonade. Shut one door, and we seek for the open door.
For our personal psychological well being, that’s a very good factor. Generally you must snigger to maintain from crying. However once you get used to injustices – and react to it in predictable methods – it does nothing to pressure change.
After movies of the Montgomery Brawl have been launched, Black folks wasted no time placing their creativity to work with all their variations of movies and memes, commemorative t-shirts, and collector objects in help of the individuals who jumped in when these White folks jumped on the Black co-captain of the Harriot II riverboat who was simply doing his job.
Reggie Ray, the Black man who used a folding chair as a weapon within the melee, has been charged with disorderly conduct.
Now there’s a GoFundMe to lift cash for his authorized payments. Click on the video for extra particulars.
Steffanie Rivers is a contract journalist residing within the Dallas-Ft. Value Metroplex. E mail her at [email protected] together with your feedback, questions, and talking inquiries. Observe her @tcbstef on Instagram, Thread, and Twitter.
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