guilty until proven innocent

Moral of the story folks: White dudes can get away with theft; White women can get ASSISTED in theft; Black folks, even when responding to people with "Sir" get ganged up on, threatened, yelled at, and the cops will be called.  
You already knew that though, right? Well, if you didn't, watch for yourself.  People are not exaggerating when it comes to America's perception of Black people.  Black = guilty until proven innocent.

black rage

"Black Rage is founded on 2/3rds a person,
Rapings and beatings and suffering that worsens,
Black human packages tied up in strings-
Black rage is founded on these kinds of things.
Black rage is founded on blatant denial,
Squeezed economics, subsistence, survival.
Deafening silence and social control--
Black rage is founded on wounds in the soul.
So when the dogs bite, when the beatings, and when I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember all these kinds of things, and then I don't FEAR so bad."
--Lauryn Hill

(Hear the entire song here.)
 

And that's why I'm not scared to say what I say. You don't like it? Oh well. My people go through too much for me to keep quiet. If it makes you uncomfortable, well, imagine how it makes us feel. Let's talk about it, shall we?

STOP stop and frisk

This is why when I see the NYPD, I don't see heroes, I don't feel safe and protected.

I feel less than; I feel like prey, just because of the color of my skin. This has happened to people I know, even my husband. It's a ridiculous, dehumanizing process and it needs to STOP. Commissioner Kelly claims all he's taking away at the most is somebody's time. Incorrect. You are taking away our dignity, our freedom, and our right to feel like we belong. This is why we can't tell our young people to just "stay out of trouble, and you'll be fine." What evidence do they have of that, when this is their EVERYDAY LIFE?!?  

America is going backwards.  Here are facts you need to know about this practice.

equality

Preach Rev. Dr. Moss!!! PREACH ON IT!!! Man, look. If you watch this and still don't get it, well, you just might not ever get it. And that's a shame. Notice I didn't say agree with it--I said GET IT. If you don't agree with it, that is completely your right. It also makes you a bigot, in the Webster's definition of the term, and I hope you're okay with that.

america needs a second opinion

"America's pathology is her denial. It is what keeps us sick about this issue of race. It is our denial. What does it look like? When people say...often couched in the form of a compliment...'I don't even notice race.' ...It's insulting to say you don't notice race...the pathology associated with this statement is such that: 'I'd rather erase you than notice that you're there'..."--Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary

 

That is a proper diagnosis if ever I heard one. America, you're sick. You need healing. You need to pay proper attention to your illness, because we're all dying here.  Start by accepting that Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary's theory of P.T.S.S.--Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome--is a real thing.  You can find more information on it here, and watch videos explaining the syndrome here.