I am well aware that ALL lives matter, but the fact is as an African American with an African American son, I have to pay particular attention to the value America places on the lives of people of color. I am unapologetic about my concerns, my worries and at times my outrage. The frequent occurrence of police misconduct and brutality that seems to often to target African Americans is disturbing and heartbreaking. When I think of the possibility of a diminished quality of life handed to Black youth, I become sad...then mad.
and.... I CAN'T BREATHE!
There is a lot of research and fact searching around the accuracy of the data that depicts an almost calculated assault of men of color at the hands of law enforcement, but at the end of the pile of papers and dismantled databases is the fact that black deaths are disproportionate in comparison to their white peers. I have read the articles and studied the charts. I have cross-referenced and calculated all the data I could handle before my eyes grew weary and teary. My son and all sons deserve fair treatment, fair opportunity, fair access and fair judgement. All citizens should have equivalent value and should matter equally in treatment, dignity and significance.
How is that police and citizen misconduct that often leads to death can continuously and consistently go on without accountability or acknowledgement of wrongdoing? Is there a collective mindset that allows this to keep happening? Is there a secret society that protects the wrongs of those that violate human rights? Any way you look at it, through the eyes of any race, religion or economic status, the facts and patterns of behaviors that are unjust, unethical, immoral, corrupt, indecent and vicious are glaring and apparent.
Let's talk about it...
and.... I CAN'T BREATHE!
There is a lot of research and fact searching around the accuracy of the data that depicts an almost calculated assault of men of color at the hands of law enforcement, but at the end of the pile of papers and dismantled databases is the fact that black deaths are disproportionate in comparison to their white peers. I have read the articles and studied the charts. I have cross-referenced and calculated all the data I could handle before my eyes grew weary and teary. My son and all sons deserve fair treatment, fair opportunity, fair access and fair judgement. All citizens should have equivalent value and should matter equally in treatment, dignity and significance.
How is that police and citizen misconduct that often leads to death can continuously and consistently go on without accountability or acknowledgement of wrongdoing? Is there a collective mindset that allows this to keep happening? Is there a secret society that protects the wrongs of those that violate human rights? Any way you look at it, through the eyes of any race, religion or economic status, the facts and patterns of behaviors that are unjust, unethical, immoral, corrupt, indecent and vicious are glaring and apparent.
Let's talk about it...
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