Jessica Crow

adventuregrillz left a comment on one of my videos asking something along the lines of, “Why do you think this is happening in Memphis?”

There are now thousands of comments on that post and I cannot find the original one, so this is my reply.

If the only story you know about Memphis is crime, Black, poor, dangerous, scary then you do not know Memphis.

You don’t know the city that checks on its neighbors.
The city that feeds people.
The city that shows up.
The city that is kind, generous, stubborn, creative, gritty as hell and fiercely loyal to its own.

You don’t know Grit and Grind as something deeper than basketball.

And you are also missing the part where our country runs through this city.

Memphis is not disposable.
Memphis is not incidental.
Memphis is strategic.

And if you think what happens here stays here, you are not paying close enough attention.

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