(Not sure of artist but I DON'T take credit)
It’s unfortunate to
come back from a blogging hiatus to report the news of the Michael Brown
verdict, but I felt compelled to write. Back in August, Officer Darren Wilson (white)
shot and killed a black teen named Michael “Mike” Brown in Ferguson, Missouri
and it has been a roller-coaster ride of emotions. I’m proud of the Brown family’s
strength and dignity at a time as this and the peaceful protestors that have
been active from the beginning.
Fast-forward to tonight’s
grand jury decision, Officer Wilson wasn’t indicted on his criminal charges. I
think the red flag for me as I waited all night was finding that he never
received a call to turn himself in. At that moment I felt nothing good was
going to come after that. The jury consisted of 9 whites and 3 blacks and it
only takes 9 votes to have a final decision; I’m not surprised at the race
ratio. Anyways, it took two days for the ultimate decision and I’m really numb
to America’s judicial system. My angle right now is not to be too politically correct
or write as an enraged person, but I’m just stumped honestly.
… What hope do WE as
African- Americans or any minority for the matter have left in this world?
There’s such a stigma placed on African-Americans that’s unimaginable, and
while we don’t try to make everything a race issue, it just is! Our country is
built on the basis of racism and it will never go away. I apologize if there’s
no structure in this blog post, but I just wanted to express myself
constructively.
The spoiler alert for Blacks in this world is that we are not safe.
