Dear Editor:
As members of the non-black community, we can become allies with the Black Lives Matter movement to address the problems of systemic and structural racism.
For decades black activists, scholars and others have been working to forge a movement. The recent, indecent murder of George Floyd captured global attention resulting in world wide protests against injustice everywhere.
Now is the time for change and action. Who should we listen to for guidance? Those who are intimate with inequality. Politicians follow, they don’t lead. Police forces wonder how they can change–but not really.
Why should we care? Because we like to think we are good people who, in this moment, have been given the opportunity to become better people.
Janet Calderwood,
Rockwood