I have been on many strands,and have been reading where too many people in my view are turning the conversation on crime that occurs in our communities as if in some way that justifies the actions of police on murdering Black Youth,Black Grandmothers, Black Fiances, Brown Sons, Black Artists, Black AND Brown babies in their cribs or on couches, Black Peace Activists, Black and Brown Undercover Police Officers(yes their own). LISTEN, THESE TWO CONVERSATIONS ARE NOT ONE IN THE SAME! Since reconstruction persons of color have strived to assimilate into the fabric of America, we entered into politics, had communities with doctors, lawyers, teachers, philosophers, Preachers, Businessmen, all RESPECTABLE folks whose communities were burned to the ground, whose political power was systematically stripped from them. How we are treated has nothing to do with how we treat each other, just ask the parents of the three little girls who were blown up while attending church or our Harvard law school educated President who is disrespected daily! We are not paranoid, there has been a consistent strategy to keep the status quo as is. The late, legendarily brutal campaign consultant Lee Atwater explains how Republicans can win the vote of racists without sounding racist themselves: You start out in 1954 by saying, “Nigger, nigger, nigger.” By 1968 you can’t say “nigger”—that hurts you, backfires. So you say stuff like, uh, forced busing, states’ rights, and all that stuff, and you’re getting so abstract. Now, you’re talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you’re talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is, blacks get hurt worse than whites.… “We want to cut this,” is much more abstract than even the busing thing, uh, and a hell of a lot more abstract than “Nigger, nigger.” excerpt from the NATION We as a colonized, enslaved,downtrodden, community has a long overdue healing process that is taking place in more grass root efforts than the media brings to light, we realize the work we need to do against systemic miseducation, underserved medical services( Mental and Physical) housing discrimination and in my opinion an unrealistic sense of entitlement, BUT never should these two conversations be intertwined. My heart is full, it goes out to every family member who has had to deal with this kind of loss, to the families of children who fear the real possibility of not knowing if you will see your child again when you kiss them good bye in the morning, praying that they make it home not just from the streets but from the people who are paid to protect and serve.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 02:22:35 +0000
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