I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #260 | @MDWorld

March 15, 2012 Michael Davis 9 Comments

I’m a big fan of women.

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times, I was raised by three women, my mother, my sister and my grandmother.

My sister and grandmother died violent deaths.

What I’ve never written about is my beloved cousin Dee Dee. She and I were best friends growing up. She was my age and we always had the best time together.

Saturday October 12, 1996 my great grandmother Sophia Davis Jackson was laid to rest. “Grandma” is what everyone called her. She was born a child of formers slaves, 100 years before. On the day of Grandma’s  funeral, Dee Dee disappeared and has not been seen since.

Everyone in my family knows that Dee Dee is dead. Everyone in my family knows that she was killed.

Her disappearance did not make the papers and the police did not do a motherfucking thing to find her. She did not end up on a milk carton nor did the Today Show do a segment on her.

No Black women or in fact ANY woman of color ever get the coverage pretty white women do when they disappear. They just don’t and if you think they do then you are a fucking uninformed asshole.

Alas, Dee Dee and women of color disappearing is a article for another time. I bring up my cousin, grandmother and cousin to make it clear that I know a lot about violence against women.

I know much more than I’d like because I’ve lived it.

The Violence Against Women Act is receiving new opposition from Republicans.

I would think that this was something both parties would agree on. I was wrong.

How in the world can anyone with a mother be against this?

The main reason for resistance from Republicans is that a few new provisions in the VAWA add protections for undocumented people (such as illegal immigrants), the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community, and also those who reside on Indian reservations. These proposed changes have made people, such as anti-immigrant Republican Jeff Sessions, cringe. Session stated that, “there are matters put on that bill that almost seem to invite opposition.”
Who THE FUCK cares if it’s motherfucking lesbian woman attacked? She’s a human being for god’s sake.

This is yet another reason why I think that the GOP is a bunch of heartless motherfucking racists and homophobes.

Take me to task on this at your own risk-three women in my life were killed like dogs in the street. Their lives are no more or less important than an lesbian or a immigrant, no one’s life is worth more than any other person’s life.

If you think so, I don’t pity you, I pity the women in you life who just may meet someone that thinks like you and that person decides to take your loved one’s life because they do think like you.