Good Mourning, America A.D. Carson (Ft. James Baldwin & Ralph Ellison)

"“I remember that I’m invisible and walk softly so as not to awaken the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.”
—Ralph Waldo Ellison

This is the Next Time. Prepare for Fire.

The grotesque fantasy of the shrinking so-called majority,
America’s nightmare, is slowly transitioning from
somnolent slumber to a waking state akin to sleepwalking.

America, for as long as it has existed, openly endorsed terror,
and rode the wave of fear that followed to super-powered dominance,
domestically and abroad.

To be clear, when I say “America,” I mean “White America”—the America
America sees, wants to see. Not the real America, but the ideal America.
The America that stated, equal “All men are created” while enslaving men and women
who legally counted 2/5 less than their American Masters.
America, the Beautiful, who “crowns” her “good with Brotherhood,”
but from sea to shining sea shoots down and locks up
young black boys and girls, men and women, with impunity.

This is the Next Time. Prepare for Fire.
America’s Nightmare is America waking up.
“Good Morning,” America says.
Good Morning America says,
“Good Morning, America.” Says,
“Good. Mourning America says you’re a true patriot.
Don’t let America die. Don’t let America’s death be in vain. Fight!
For America. This is
good mourning.