The name of the beautiful young lady in the image above? Nia Wilson.
Last week, as she and her sister boarded a train, she was attacked and murdered by a white supremacist…the latest in a horrifically long line of tragedies the black community has faced because of white supremacy and its subscribers.
Condemning the attack? The actress Anne Hathaway who believes that white people cannot call themselves decent and kind people if they aren’t actively fighting the racism many say they are against.
Her words below…
The murder of Nia Wilson- may she rest in the power and peace she was denied here- is unspeakable AND MUST NOT be met with silence. She is not a hash tag; she was a black woman and she was murdered in cold blood by a white man.
White people- including me, including you- must take into the marrow of our privileged bones the truth that ALL black people fear for their lives DAILY in America and have done so for GENERATIONS. White people DO NOT have equivalence for this fear of violence.
Given those givens, we must ask our (white)selves- how “decent” are we really? Not in our intent, but in our actions? In our lack of action?
Peace and prayers and JUSTICE for Nia and the Wilson family xx
Thousands have taken to social media to praise Anne for her post and address the violent crimes black men and women continue to face in a “post racial world.”
Violent crimes which often go unsolved and unpunished.
Your thoughts?