I'll see you two stereotypes and raise you millions of dads.
Trayvon had a nurturing father. And he wore Hollister.
He was stalked and killed.
Jordan had a nurturing father. And he drove a cherry red Durango.
He was gunned down in broad daylight.
So how many more black men out there are nurturing fathers, waiting for freaks with guns to take their young sons before the kids have a chance to graduate high school.
No, these young men were not high school drop-outs.
Does anyone broadcast that?
Oh yes, there are other young black martyrs in this century already.
We shall not forget any of the young people. We haven't forgotten Emmit.
Some white guy told me once Margaret Garner was sent back into slavery and forgotten about
after she was tried for murder.
I answered: "Apparently not."
What is wrong with people? The woman spawned the inspiration for a Nobel Prize in literature.
Who forgot about her? Slave holders? Well they were just the true criminals. They could allow themselves to forget quite easily. That's meaningless to those of us who will not forget.
Killer freaks in America don't run or hide anymore after killing young unarmed black persons- but
time is going to have to bring about a change. We love our children, and know they do not have to
answer to any old criminal-type carcass demanding to know where they are going, or to choose what sort of music they must shun. That would be more Jim Crow. We can't espouse Jim Crow. We couldn't do it forever in centuries past. We can't do it now.
So I wonder what's happening in Burkina Faso right now?
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