Okay, I had ENOUGH. I'm so enraged, right now. I'm so sick of the ACLU, National Action Network (Al Sharpton's organization) and other organizations with millions of dollars---jumping on a trend and continuing neurotic behavior. I know they're trying to re-live the urgency of the 1960's, but....it's time for a new strategy. Using these out-dated, "protest" tactics are equivalent to using Windows 95, in 2014. Umm...exactly how did "Occupy Wall Street (2011)" solve anything? Besides mostly liberal, "progressive" white students sitting around in a park, or holding up traffic to have cool stories to tell their peers about how they "stuck it to the man!".....how have things changed, in 2014!!? As a tall, black male who's stereotyped daily, I empathize & sympathize with black youth and families who encounter rogue police officers. I, myself had to deal with police harassment, and just daily bullsh*t from: those who claim to be "hip" and "open-minded".
I lived through the protests and outrage for the deaths of Eleanor Bumpers, Amadou Diallo, Sean Bell....the injustices against the "Central Park Five", and Abner Louima. I know the death of Eric Garner was clearly preventable. HOWEVER....black lives don't matter TO BLACK AMERICANS. Because if they did, why aren't we using this energy to protest the DAILY deaths of young, black males....at the hands of BLACK MALES!!? Gospel legend Marvin Winans was car-jacked and beaten---by a young, black male!!
Think about Ebola, or any epidemic plaguing a particular town, or community. Now, I want each of you to gather your independent research about the daily murders within black communities, across the U.S.A. You mean, rappers can't ban together (with over a billion dollars, combined) and draw DAILY attention to the epidemic of Black American violence? Is it only Al Sharpton and the ACLU who'll use these "police brutality events" to steer people into their own agenda? Do I need to see Al Sharpton, every time I turn on the TV? Exactly how many self-appointed black leaders are jockeying for the position of "the new Martin Luther-Garvey-Malcolm-Huey....leading us to the Promised Land? Al Sharpton, the ACLU, NAACP, Rainbow Coalition, the Hollywood elite, Democratic Party, the International Socialist Organization and Hip-Hop stars---can't use their funding to bus all of these "hip progressives" to march in Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, CHICAGO (umm....talking to you, OBAMA) ....Richmond ...Baltimore, Newark, East Orange, Compton, etc.? Many working class, or poorer Black/mixed-Spanish-speaking Americans are stuck in these neighborhoods. They're trying to make an honest living, but they're held hostage by FEAR. THEY ARE SCARED OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE. This IS an epidemic. THIS is a serious problem. THIS requires a f**king MARCH. It's not enough to wave banners, provoke police officers, delay traffic...and then return to your comfy home in a "safe" neighborhood. If you are such a revolutionary----LIVE IN THESE AREAS. I don't mean via gentrification, allowing you and your higher-income friends to flood the community & change its tapestry. I mean, live within the area AS IS, in one of the housing projects, or apartment buildings----for 2 years. Hell---1 MONTH.!!
Do this, and I'll give you the official, "LOOK AT ME, I'M A MARTYR!" medal...which you long for, so much.