question

white supremacy
is not just a “white” issue
it is a prevailing/pervasive idealism
that by default you’ll concede:
“this is just how it is”
even after questioning it,
you probably conclude:
“i can’t do anything about it“
it’s so invasive
you’ll think,
“it must be natural law”
that humans
are just born with these hierarchy codes ⠀
of light and dark.

we are facing a consciousness
revolution that runs deeper than the colour of our skin.
we are being asked
to question
everything.

questioning systematic
oppression
breaks through
the inertia of defeatism
giving you
self-determined
power
to embody a larger
truth
that is
not
based on
institutionalized laws
that say:
i have a right to destroy you
i have a right to steal from you
i have a right to be free but not you
i have a right to own all the resources
i have a right to erase your history
i have a right to do anything i want because we are all separate
individuals
ruling
a subjective world…

But ask yourself
what truly separate us ?
is it our race
money
sex
belief
gender
history
biology
blame
grief
love ?

go deeper,
change your subjective “standard”
anything less
is like saying
I love being oppressed.
yes, please!
deny my basic freedom
to co-exist in a world where we all belong.
…that includes the plants, animals, fishes, birds, mountains, and seas too.

~kimiko tao fujimoto