Everyone’s talking about the immigration bill and our lawsuit, but we have the chance to shape these laws and our lives: to make them into what we need and deserve. The politicians want us to stay out of this debate and watch the creation of these laws unfold on TV. But there is no reason we should allow a bunch of suits in the capital to dictate, subjugate and limit the futures of our friends families neighbors and ourselves. Our young movement must determine the outcome of the immigration reform debate, as well as the restoration of affirmative action integration programs throughout the nation. And Detroit has made clear that the oppressed have the power to defeat this New Jim Crow. The following is an open letter from one of the BAMN leaders of the new movement on why this is Detroit’s long-awaited, hard fought-for moment to come out of the trenches and go on the offensive by leading the nation:
Posted on: Sun, 09 Jun 2013 00:50:02 +0000