Another one of our brothers is murdered. It is the same thing that has been happening for years. There is a history of black boys and men being murdered: Ramarley Graham, Amadou Diallo, Ousmane Zongo, Patrick Dorismond, Michael Stewart, James Craig Anderson, Emmett Till, and it is sad to say that I left out so many other names.
I was going trough my own grief of a family death and when I heard about this I was not prepared to write much but I needed to post. Does carrying a bag of Skittles and iced tea warrant one to be treated as suspect and then be murdered? I have experienced this ‘suspect’ feeling as most of you if you are black men/boys have. We know what that is about! And so we must toe the line of 21 century overseer who tells you where to walk, how to wear your hair, what to wear, and how to talk. It is a travesty that this institutionalized and accepted racism lives on and on. My blessings and prayers go out to Trayvon Martin’s Family.
Obama’s words on March 23rd.
Recommended reading:
The Little Black Book -Black Male Survival in America by Carole Taylor 2$
I was going trough my own grief of a family death and when I heard about this I was not prepared to write much but I needed to post. Does carrying a bag of Skittles and iced tea warrant one to be treated as suspect and then be murdered? I have experienced this ‘suspect’ feeling as most of you if you are black men/boys have. We know what that is about! And so we must toe the line of 21 century overseer who tells you where to walk, how to wear your hair, what to wear, and how to talk. It is a travesty that this institutionalized and accepted racism lives on and on. My blessings and prayers go out to Trayvon Martin’s Family.
Obama’s words on March 23rd.
Recommended reading:
The Little Black Book -Black Male Survival in America by Carole Taylor 2$