Expecting violent racism to behave politely is to misread its nature

Evidence

Others wonder why Jesus Let the cops chase their fancy Unpunished, But we as people have to stop asking A flood to stop being a flood, Expecting a hurricane to grow Some manners. — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 669

Categorization

• APHORISMS: The metaphor of not asking a flood to stop being a flood is genuine life-wisdom about not negotiating with systemic violence on its own terms.