Not right,wrong

Raised in a privileged household growing up I did not come across racism. My high school was about 50% asian, 30% white, and 20% of everything else. There was of course a bit of tension between the asians who were born in the US versus the asians who who were fresh off the boat per se, however things never went out of hand

It wasn’t until I moved up north to the bay area that I realized how ignorant I was. Yes, the college I went to was 50% asian however there are many different kinds of asians. There were Vietnamese, Burman, Thai, Chinese, Taiwanese and the list goes on …

There were also blacks, whites, and mexicans …

For me, the protesting and people bringing to light the “racism” that takes place day in and day out for these people made me feel like something needs to be done. That there must change.

It is evident that George Floyld was innocent, that his death was a symbol of all that goes wrong in the country and beyond. It is NOT RIGHT that he had to die from police brutality.  It is NOT RIGHT that he was calling out for his mom with his last breath.  It is NOT RIGHT that all he did wrong was to carry fake cash.

And went things are NOT right, things must be wrong. 

So my plea to you is to be kind, compassionate, and forgiving.  There is nobody to blame, to fingers to point.  Racism is not what ONE person does or says, but rather than the machine/the system.  Racism comes in the form of “Institutionalized Racism”.  There is clearly something wrong with the justice system. And there must be change. Because at the end of the day,  we are all just human