Yesterday, I like many of you, mourned the lives of those who were brutally murdered inside of Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina. I was speechless when I saw the initial coverage. I could not believe that a group of people who were just fellowship with each other were mercessily gunned down by someone. I felt that I was thrown back to living in the 1960s during the Bombingham area of the Civil Rights Movement when churches were bombed by Ku Klux Klan. I was happy to see that the person who is responsible for this heinous crime, Dylann Roof, was caught.
However, this incident once again proves that the lives of Black people are considered equally in this country. Witnesses at the shooting stated that Roof said "you rape our women and you're taking over the country." Roof felt he was entitled to take the lives of Black people, without the consideration that White men have raped Black women and men throughout history and took over this country from Native Americans.
What's even worse is that people are actually in support of Roof. Even to the point of establishing a Facebook group page calling for Justice for Dylann Roof
Dylann Roof does not deserve JUSTICE!!! THE 9 PEOPLE HE MURDERED DESERVE JUSTICE!!
This proves that we are not in a post-racial society. Race is still very important because of the Power and Privileges associated with Race. The fact that 9 Black People can be killed and there is no outrage about this on an equal level to similar incidences such as Sandy Hook, illustrates the inequities in our society. The fact that Roof is not considered to be a thug or equally as negatively portrayed as others who commit heinous crimes shows the devaluation of Black people.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!! WE LIVE IN A RACIST SOCIETY AND I'M TIRED OF BEING DEVALUED!!!
I mourn today but we must all continue to fight for equality and justice for all people, and the first step is realizing that there is work to be done and we are FAR from POST RACIAL.
AMERICA IS RACIST, AND THE DEVALUATION OF BLACK LIVES NEEDS TO STOP.
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