Reflections on Equality

Grandma Stella reflects on the injustice portrayed in a Bafta-winning film that enrages her, making her question the validity of calling the United States ‘The Home of the Free and The Land of The Brave.’ The story of a young black boy’s brutal murder highlights the continued presence of hate and terror in society.

I just finished watching the Bafta award-winning film on Prime Video. It is called ‘Till.’ It enraged me! It disgusted me! It made me wonder why this The United States of America is called ‘The Home Of the Free and The Land of The Brave?’ How is it the home of the free when an innocent carefree fourteen-year-old black boy is dragged out of his bed to be tortured, lynched, mutilated, and whose body is dumped into the river? This was the very much loved only child of a widow whose husband was felled in action during WWII.

Today the same kind of cruel, bloodthirsty, self-righteous monsters still exist. Those hate-filled, narrow-minded cretins still lurk amongst us. They are everywhere, in your neighborhoods, walking down your streets, everywhere! And you know what? They terrify me!