REAL TALK from KB: Now, please don’t misconstrue what I’m
writing….I by no means condone random acts of violence and looting.
I am a child of the 60’s…my parents were “cautiously” militant
and revolutionary. I use the word cautiously because they knew they had to keep
their jobs but not take oppressive and racist BS policies of oppression. I've
seen and heard a lot of transitions as far as race relations. My parents taught
us to steel our spines and demand our rights without being disrespectful;
learning to be vocal and using “passive resistance” to turn the system against
itself ( a house divided cannot stand)….
I understand the anger and the rage of the young people of
Baltimore….I, myself, kept asking the questions: How many Black men is enough?
How many young Black men have to die and the hands of law enforcement that is
taught to stereotype and profile?
Well, we seemed to have reached the finite number “…the
chickens are coming home to roost” and yet America is still trying to assign
blame rather than do introspection. Our country’s foundation is racism,
bigotry, oppression and subjugation….we cannot solve a problem until we address
its root cause.
To the young folks raging and out of control…..I understand
your anger. I feel the same “burn baby burn” rage about the genocide (don’t be
fooled it is a genocidal practice to execute Black men to stifle the
perpetuation of a race of people) but we must use our heads…….winning a
temporary battle will not win a war!
I've said it before and I’ll keep saying it until other
people hear it….we are teaching our kids to live without hope and community. We
need to get back to our “villages” to raise our children. We need to embrace
church. We need to embrace the barber shops. We need to embrace community
organizations. We need to resuscitate the NAACP.
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