For Az

I am new here. In this space of caring for those so often unseen by the media.

Like many, I recognize a story that has gone on for longer than 24 days…a story decades old. It’s more neat to erase the times you were erased from the minds of the world and politicians I think. To sanitize empathy and avoid disgust over silence.

Now I wake up and look for those who start their videos with “I’m still alive.” I quickly check post time stamps to see how recent this revelation is, then I settle in for the truth that unfolds.

Now that I’ve seen, I cannot unsee.

I cannot look away from the reality of what happens when people are pushed around, stolen from, taken, displaced, and murdered in order to make space for others to move in.

When you occupy a land that is fertile and “free” of all else, historically that tends to mean that many have died there.