4) You Downplay the Effects of Black-on-Black Violence
More blacks die at the hands of other blacks than at the hands of white police officers and neighborhood watchmen. While we should fight to end white-on-black violence, we should be just as outraged at black-on-black violence. Is the loss of a child’s life more tragic because a white cop killed him? If the lives of our children are precious to us, we should be outraged at anyone who takes their lives away, regardless of the race of the perpetrator. As Tom Burrell puts it, we’ve been more concerned with the way whites treat us than with the way we treat ourselves. Do we expect more civility from whites? Is it more outrageous for a white man to kill our child because we expect blacks to do all the killing? I know we’re tired of having whites terrorize us with impunity, especially with the history of lynching, bombing, burning, and murdering in this country. But we should not condone the violence perpetrated by blacks that are presently terrorizing our communities.
A major co-sign, from the first page to the last. It seems as though I definitely have to get my hands on Mr. Burrell’s book. This is a truth that, sadly, a lot of African-Americans MUST hear. Even though it will hurt, they must hear it. I used to tell friends that the only reason blacks were ever set “free” was because our oppressors knew that the physical man would be free, but the inner man would always be a slave. As you could see in this generation, their plan worked.
Thanks for the comments Morgan. Mr. Burrell’s book really made me take a look at my own self, and it explained somethings more clearly than I’ve ever heard, so I think everyone, even non-blacks, can benefit from the read.
It’s depressing sometimes, but rather than stay depress, I try to spread insight and encourage whomever I can.
Peace,
Sarah
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Society has us brainwashed in so many respects. For instance, when younger, I told my parents I would not eat meat. Society told them I would get weak and sick and show signs of malnutrition without meat, so they tricked me into eating it, then tried to brainwash me into thinking it was for the best.