“My name is Thandiwe, I’m a nine-year old black girl and this is my third protest!I have learned that the world is not all LA-LA-LA and lollipops for black kids. I have learned that this is a brutal world. We can’t stay in our rooms and pull the curtain to hide from it. I was not surprised when I heard they let Trayvon’s killer free. As a black child, I know that we don’t have the same rights as other people. Our next generation is already disappearing. That’s why we got to get organized. We need more young activists in the streets protesting. Otherwise the next generation will already be deceased by the time I grow up." Read more: globalgrind/news/9-year-old-girl-gives-speech-trayvon-martin-protest-la-thandiwe-abdullah#ixzz2ZIcghmuY
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 11:04:48 +0000