Buh Bye OJ……

[ChangeTheGame]

@parentologist

The saddest part of the entire OJ Simpson acquittal was that across the nation, African Americans cheered, saw OJ as their hero, even though it was so obvious that he had committed a double murder, even though they knew he was guilty. They saw the acquittal of a brutal double murderer of a white woman (and a young Jewish man who had the misfortune of being coincidentally present) as somehow being payback for all that African American men had endured in this country, after having been falsely accused of sexual assaults on white women.

I can admit looking back in hindsight that my own response to the acquittal was not at the standard I hold myself at today. I was not an OJ fan (I was too young to see his football career and he was a mediocre sports broadcaster and actor IMO). It was all about @Youdon_tsay take for me personally, but I look back and realize that I did not mourn the victims or their families enough. But as a 19 year old Black man who had seen his fair share of racism and injustice growing up in the South, I give myself some grace. Today, I send my condolences to the family members and friends affected by the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.