STOP, BLACK PEOPLE, STOP!

Hafsa Kamara
Aug 24, 2017 · 3 min read

What if black people everywhere just stopped?

SIDENOTE: This isn’t an activist, political correct, social-reform, “let me tell y’all what it means to be black” piece. This is a “woke up scared at 2:47am when my speaker fell of the shelf and I’m can’t fall back asleep” kind of piece. I am seriously, dead-ass, just asking what may possibly be a rhetorical question. I like to let my mind ponder.

BACK TO THE MAIN EVENT:

Yeah, so like I was saying, what if black people all over the world just stopped functioning? For a whole year, what if black everywhere went on vacation?

Imagine it for a second.

BREAKING NEWS: BLACK PEOPLE JUST STOPPED!

Lebron James stepping away for a year to work on passing (insert coughs here).

Or Kanye West going mute for a year to save his voice (again, insert cough here).

Imagine Shonda Rhimes disappearing to Zambia for a cultural retreat or Beyonce leaving everyone hanging for a year by not dropping a random internet breaking Instagram post.

No Insecure.
Issa will be back next year to update you on her liberating hoe-isdom.

No Power.
No more Raina to keep the balance of evil vs good…I spoke to late, huh.

But nonetheless, the census here is, ALL BLACK WILL BE GONE.

Black people everyone would file for PTO for one whole year and would just meet up in Africa to just, well, chill. Kick their feet up and just relax. Sit on top of Pride Rock and just vibe with Simba for a second.

And when I say ALL black people, I mean ALL BLACK PEOPLE. From the lightest of the light to the deep, dark glow of black. Athletes, actors, artists, entertainers, politicians, business owners, baby mamas, real ones, fakes ones, pimps and hoes; everyone just goes on vacation for a WHOLE ENTIRE YEAR.

Can you imagine that world?

I can.

And let me tell you,
all I could imagine hearing from the skyscrapers of New York to the crashing waves of California beaches is….

S I L E N C E.

Deafening, ear-splitting silence.

But over on the CONTINENT OF AFRICA
(just wanted to emphasize the continent aspect for those who still aren’t aware. You’re welcome.)

AFRICA would be LIT!

Imagine it! Like REALLY IMAGINE IT!

I could try to put into words what I’m imaging but I truly can’t express how FREAKIN’, UNBELIEVABLY INSANE this stoppage of black people would be. I wouldn’t be doing you justice by limiting your space of ponder by amplify my own.

So I say to you, my people, go imagine it. You deserve it.

#HafWasHere

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Hafsa Kamara

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1 cup of Fitness. 2 tablespoons of Marketing. 1 pound of Sarcasm with a hint of Realness. Oh yeah, and a dash of Olympian. @Instagram: hafsakamara

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