WOW stands with Black Americans in their joy, love and existence. 

We support all of our Black artists, community members and sisters & brothers. 

This is a moment we will not ignore as the murderous wrath of racism continues to challenge the existence of Black people here in America and around the world. 

We stand with

George Floyd

Breonna Taylor 

Tony McDade

Nina Pop

Ahmaud Aubrey

James Scurlock

And so many others that deserve to be on this Earth. 

Fuck white supremacy – enough is enough! 

The Collective Black psyche is absolutely exhausted from pretending for so long that there is anything superior about a fabricated race of people. The white race is made up of Europeans who have been stripped of their indigeounous cultures and religions through centuries of oppression by the church and its obsession to dominate and control the minds and souls of humanity. White people must come to understand what white supremacy/the oppression has cost them, their ancestors and offspring. What you do to others you do to yourself.   

America is based on a false narrative requiring every generation of Black people to spend their entire existence under duress. The refusal of the white power structure to acknowledge the REALITY of centuries of racial inequality and savage impropriety has led us here. 

The pestilence of a contagion, the global pandemic, met the pestilence of the very foundation of this country: racism. The illusion that these are isolated cases has ended. They are repeated reminders of the oppressive society we live in. 

This is how America has always treated the African people that were kidnapped and brought to this country. The capture, abduction and the constant dance for survival is not new. Maneuvering the obstacles placed to prevent any real change is not new.

During the 8:34 minutes of video which shook the world, George Floyd’s murderer was not crazed but rather this was someone completely at ease as if taking a life was commonplace. It is the pedestrian manner of the murderers which is most devastating. 

There is always an attempt to justify. We will not take your justifications! We will no longer be subjugated to the “why’s” and the rationales asking, “but why were they there, or why were they doing this” or whatever other excuse you can come up with as a false equivalent for the life of a person being taken from us. 

America can no longer look on in shock as the essential worker, the human bodies that prop up our illegitimate commerce system, dismantle it for the sake of their survival, sanity and humanity. Our commerce system doesn’t work for the poor. It is built to fail them. It is designed to fail any member of society who was not born into great wealth. 

We can’t say it is enough. In the past 90 days, we have awakened to the end of an epoch. It is most important that we realize we are at the beginning of a long journey. What will be our North Star? What will we choose as our destination? Who do we want to become as a human community?

We, the many voices of WoW want the world to know:

Mistah’s Statement:

I am conflicted here. As much as I don’t condone violence and looting. I pretty much don’t care now. Many of these store owners – both white and black– and foreign—need to be ‘woked up’.  Need to STAY awoke. The amount of money Black people spend in these establishments warrants them being out there protesting right by our side. 

Never lose sight of why the looters are out there.  Derek Chauvin and 3 other cops lynched a man in public.After viewing footage they just fired him.  Until white America got involved. (Amen for Covid-19 pandemic.). And of course the powers that be want to separate us by calling them ‘outside’ agitators.  Saying they are KKK or other racist factions. Ask yourself, would any of them even find themselves in close proximity to Black people except to beat or kill us?  The racists believe we are lowlife thieves already. They are NOT going to travel all this way for make believe. The whites that have come out in support are doing what their white privileged selves are used to doing. Whatever the fuck they please but it’s their way of helping.  True protesting/looting will sort itself out.

Honestly, we have had a knee on our necks for 600 odd years.  Please don’t fall for the media rhetoric crap. We need white involvement, Hispanic, Asian Indian –everyone’s help!  Enough is enough— and it was enough way too long ago. 

Jess Statement: 

As a white person I have had the privilege of walking through the streets without being killed by police.  My humanity is never questioned.  I want the same acknowledgment of humanity for every black person, regardless of what it takes to get it.