Naturalle Drea

The recent case in the news about Cyrus Carmack-Belton had me in my feelings that I didn’t know how to process. It hits home for me because I am currently raising a 14 year son and I can’t even imagine what that family is going through and it made me angry that his murderer was found not guilty. That was a child…an innocent child that deserved to grow old but now another family is grieving and it got to me. It made me extra scared about letting my son out of the house and going out to stores and just being outside. I want to keep him in a protective bubble but I know I need to let him grow up. But it still scares me raising a black son in this world.

Just the other day my son and I were at the store and we saw two boys in there with items and one of them ran out of the store without paying. The employees told the other boy that he needed to put his stuff back immediately and leave the store. It made me angry because they were black and just why? It kind of ruins things for other kids that don’t steal and are good and to start being profiled because of a few bad apples. My son even turned to me and said “They didn’t have to steal anything, why would they do that”? Now I don’t feel safe letting me son go into the store alone anymore. I always make sure he has money with him when he goes out. I don’t want him to be accused of stealing or anything because of how he looks. It just scares me so much. I know I shouldn’t be living in fear but seeing this happen why to often is a lot, especially when your child is the same age.

Our children deserve to grow old and live out their childhood. I hate when this happens and things get all crazy and people start arguing online, spread misinformation and all. Now I am seeing that people are calling us to boycott all Asian businesses and people are getting up in arms about it and it is just too much. Now I don’t have any thoughts on this because I don’t know what to think of it. I know boycotts can be effective and they do work but that man who murdered that child needs to be held accountable at the end of the day. I just don’t like when things like this happen, especially to children. They don’t deserve to have their life cut short. I wish we can put all children in protective bubbles so they can stay safe from this cruel world.