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PART 1
Today was a bit of a sad day. It saddens me to see innocent black people getting killed or arrested for simply protesting peacefully. What does your skin colour have to do with anything? Social media is of course bringing attention to the protests. However, some videos on these social media platforms are graphic and very violent. I saw a video of a young, innocent black man lying on the ground, hands in the air to show he has no weapons. He was crying and screaming “I’m scared. I’m scared” whilst multiple guns were pointed at him. This wasn’t shown in the video but he was shot. For what? For being black.
I really wish that I could do something. That I could protest alongside these brave people. I wish I could do something, anything, to make a difference.
I couldn’t get my mind off of the video and the sadness that I was feeling so I decided to exercise. This helped a bit to clear my mind, but it wasn’t the same as swimming. Due to Covid-19, the pools were closed and I haven’t been able to go to training for 11 weeks! I’ve been more stressed without swimming; it helps me clear my head and it sucks that all of the pools are closed.
Quarantine has gone really fast. I liked that I could sleep in for an hour or so. It was refreshing to be able to wake up later. I could finish all my school work in a couple of hours (definitely not six) and then I would have some free time to just read and watch Netflix.
TO BE CONTINUED...
Today was a bit of a sad day. It saddens me to see innocent black people getting killed or arrested for simply protesting peacefully. What does your skin colour have to do with anything? Social media is of course bringing attention to the protests. However, some videos on these social media platforms are graphic and very violent. I saw a video of a young, innocent black man lying on the ground, hands in the air to show he has no weapons. He was crying and screaming “I’m scared. I’m scared” whilst multiple guns were pointed at him. This wasn’t shown in the video but he was shot. For what? For being black.
I really wish that I could do something. That I could protest alongside these brave people. I wish I could do something, anything, to make a difference.
I couldn’t get my mind off of the video and the sadness that I was feeling so I decided to exercise. This helped a bit to clear my mind, but it wasn’t the same as swimming. Due to Covid-19, the pools were closed and I haven’t been able to go to training for 11 weeks! I’ve been more stressed without swimming; it helps me clear my head and it sucks that all of the pools are closed.
Quarantine has gone really fast. I liked that I could sleep in for an hour or so. It was refreshing to be able to wake up later. I could finish all my school work in a couple of hours (definitely not six) and then I would have some free time to just read and watch Netflix.
TO BE CONTINUED...