Jumaane Williams – Nothing Happens When You Sit Around
People have been sitting for the pledge for years. In America, you have the right to do as you please. And your protest is just a moment in time that no one will remember. I didn’t hear about this on the news until days after it happened.
While sitting on turf was all Colin Kaepernick could do to shine light on the problem, that’s not all Jumaane Williams can do. After sitting in City Hall, Williams sat around and wrote a press release piece explaining his actions. JUMAANE WILLIAMS COULD HAVE PENNED A BILL TO CHANGE THE LAW and started a change in the world. Apparently that’s too hard so he took the easy route and threw us some press release politics.
SMH.
Nothing gets done when lawmakers sit around, especially when they sit around and write articles for the press. Elected official’s have a responsibility to change the laws that allow injustice to happen. Maybe Kaepernick needs to throw Williams a pen and hold up a sign saying: “Jumaane Take It From Here.” Kaepernick put the message out there and Williams completely missed his call to action.
Also sitting around this week was Senator Jamilah Nasheed of Missouri, but I only heard about it today because when everyone is sitting around, it’s no longer news.
I won’t sit during the pledge because this week there are 450 more men and women half my age holding guns and risking their lives in Iraq. There are off duty police officers responding to violent acts so NY’ers don’t get hurt. How do you have the time to sit and write about your personal protest when there is so much your position could accomplish?
I protest Jumaane Williams sitting at a table in City Hall when he was elected to represent a community, who had NO IDEA he wasn’t going to be proactive and pass laws to stop injustice!
Hugs,
marlene
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