i was listening to the radio as i traveled to work today..callers were voicing their opinions and concerns about the recent rally in Jena, Louisiana. one of the on-air guests expressed his emotions about the entire situation in spoken word form...in his poem, he used the term "platinum chains of social slavery" to describe the current state of the 'african-american community'....
DANG! has it really gotten back to that, or has it even ever really stopped? have we been enslaved since those hellish days back in the 16-1800s?
the recent influx of media portrayal (the state of hip-hop,dog-fighting,torture by racists,'nappy headed hoe' comments,etc.) of us Africans residing in america has caused an outcry and an uproar.. i believe that we as a people are finally getting fed-up... again! i guess we had gotten kind of complacent with our place in society...but with the "free the jena 6" rally and all of the panel discussions about our portrayal in the media and treatment in society at large, i feel like this may be the beginnings of a revolution, a new civil rights era, perhaps!
i have such strong emotions about each incident that we as people continue to face in 2007. i feel angry and sad and hopeful and curious and ((sigh)) sooo many things, i cannot identify all of the feelings that i am harbouring.
i just hope that henceforth, we will continue to stand up, unite and strive for what's right!
i promise to do my part to join the forces in striving for peace, power and justice....
i will start from somewhere!
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well, as much as we would all love a revolution unfortunately that is not gonna happen, most things are controlled by the media and i believe this will be news until the next big story comes around and then we'll get all caught up in that and totally forget about that case, hmmm, well maybe until the sentencing. it's the same thing with Imus. where was the revolution then?
so it goes........
i am a little more hopeful than that...i believe the onset of incidents like the imus situation and kramer, then this with the jena 6 has just added fuel to the fire and are the mere begginings!
think about it, when was the last time WE got together and stood for something? i think this is going to be an important year in black history, i think if nothing else it will begin to start a revolution of the mind...more people are stepping up and speaking out...one voice, one person does count! and i think all of the occurences in black society during this year has caused more people to begin to rearrange their ways of thinking!
so the revolution begins with one person..i am an optimist and a hopeful, so I am sure that justice will prevail in GOD's time and way and our people will at least begin to be more concious!!
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