Thursday, March 19, 2015

I feared for my life / Black like me/ it can happen here

If cops are so full of fear why are they given guns and badges? Why is it blacks are routinely shot for minor crimes?
In fact,  in study after study we read of how blacks are punished far more severely than whites for the same activities. Even little black girls are viewed as threats and expelled for minor infractions. 
As America works it way through the slow motion train wreck of this managed depression these questions take on an immediacy that demands answers. 
It's no secret that as the economy continues to tank these attacks will grow worse and worse. It's disheartening because America is a great country but it's clear that its citizens (white & black) don't value the relative peace in which we live. 
Once that peace goes it will be very difficult to get back. 
It's unfortunate whites cannot magically become black to get a sense of the horror of the modern American black experience. Blacks suffer a psychological brutality that is omnipresent through media, schools , and the workplace. 
If anyone should fear for their lives it's black America. 

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