The Darkest Corner of the Darkest Time
The Darkest Corner of the Darkest Time Thoughts of The Orangeburg Massacre Right now, the Corner is a quiet… However, in my head it still screams out loud every time I approach it…especially if it’s in the month of February. Oh, I think about that time often , but it doesn’t really hit hard until February because all those pictures show up again. It hurts too much to keep thinking about the reality of the tragedy and the thought of the callousness of the act that happened there. To treat people with dark skin less than human is as easy as taking a breath to some white people. There has never been a fair look into the way things ended that day. When you are the majority race the power by blocking and shifting government to keep it you feel invincible. Rules are often changed the moment dark skin people get any movement. It’s the history of this country. This month meets me with so many different em...
