Trayvon Martin is Emmett Till

It was my original intent to update my blog with more from my truly liberating experience in Ghana but with the amount of negative energy I've felt since returning to the 'United States of America' my consciousness has pulled me into the direction to write about an intense emotion that has been bothering me for quite sometime now-- long before I even visited the motherland. It's an issue that seems to only be getting worst every day. The value of black people in this country is decreasing while the number of African Americans being murdered and justice NOT being served is  increasing. Today, February 5th, 2014 an African American male by the name of Trayvon Martin would have celebrated his 19th birthday had he not been murdered by a mixed-race hispanic by the name of George Zimmerman, who ironically is celebrating the announcement of his "celebrity boxing match" with well known rapper DMX. First of all, excuse my french, but why the $%^@ is it OK to glorify a murderer and give him celebrity status as if he deserves the fame? The majority of this country knows exactly what this man did, the pain he caused a family, and the murder he chose to commit on a regular African American teenager-- yet he is drawing all of this accreditation and fame as if what he did was acceptable. But wait-- this is america, and what he did is becoming more and more acceptable every day; as the worth of African americans continues to decrease. Let's step away from George Bitch Ass Zimmerman for a while. Let's explore countless other cases much like Zimmerman's except more gruesome that have yet to offer any peace or justice for the African-American community... I'll discuss the most recent event I read about via. my Facebook feed about

• Alfred Wright, a married black father of 3 whom was found dead, missing an ear, two front teeth and his throat slit open in Sabine, Texas "where racial tension is highly prevalent" [qtd. in Casin]. According to forensic pathologist John W. Ralston MD, his death was ruled  “accidental” due to “combined drug intoxication,” in other words, a drug overdose – cocaine, methamphetamine and amphetamines [Casin]. The sheriffs department prior to the autopsy results had already called drug relation before his body was even found. This racist slew of a police department already had in their minds that this father who had never used drugs was somehow missing because of drug related activity. Well, that's the same type of stereotypical bullshit that Zimmerman associated Trayvon Martin with so we already know what happened here, yet the justice system in that county constructed no investigation into that mans death. They simply wrote his death off as drug related activity. This is the country we live in. 

• Kendrick Johnson, a high school basketball player in Georgia body was found rolled up in a mat in his school gym. However few know about this because he didn't get any national attention from CNN or any major news outlet until recently when the U.S. attorney for the middle district of Georgia decided to review the case 10 months following his death after Lowndes County Sheriff's Office deemed it "accidental". Coincidentally the schools' video footage from the gymnasium was tampered with, as well as his body at the funeral home when it was stuffed with newspaper. I'm not a detective, so I wont even attempt to play one but the truth is in black and white. Their is high possibility that his death wasn't a race related issue,  but the fact remains something is being covered up. Johnson's death didn't receive any media coverage and the fact that this happened in the state of Georgia exemplifies how very little importance the death of an African American teenager has in this country. 

The last event I want to speak on didn't physically involve murder but it's exactly what African American males in this country are set up for if not murdered first.

• Kalief Browder a 16 year old African American male was thrown into Rikers Island, one of the most violent prisons in this country and spent 3 years of his life there before all charges were dropped against him-- Meaning he was NEVER convicted of a crime. While imprisoned, he was placed in solitary confinement for at least 400 days, physically assaulted and beaten, and prevented from pursuing his education. After being released he didn't receive a single apology from the Bronx District Attorney, City of New York, the New York City Police Department, or the New York City Department of Correction. 
• Just an FYI: Texas uses fourth grade reading scores to project the number or prison cells they're going to need 10 years later. A fourth graders intelligence level in this country determines his freedom because of the stereotypical, racist  bigots that have power in this country.

Kaliefs Browder, Alfred Wright's and Kendrick Johnson's stories are just as significant as any other male with a different skin tone, yet none of these African American males were mentioned through any national media outlet. CNN didn't cover it, MSNBC didn't cover it,  my local news didn't cover it. I don't recall reading about it in the Washington Post either. However every day you can almost guarantee a story about Chris Brown getting into an altercation with someone will make headline news. Theirs a reason for that though; He's a black male and if his character is being compromised it's worthy of media attention. Media coverage will be at an all time high for anything that can be seen as negative involving Chris Brown, or any black male with money for that matter. It's so blatantly obvious that African Americans have very little worth to those dictating this country. Yes, we have a failed justice system but their are people that control that justice system and those individuals hold very little regard for the events that have taken place in this country in terms of African Americans, their freedom, peace and justice. I'm sick of scrolling my facebook timeline and seeing a new story about an unjustified death of a black person and their families trying to seek justice. I be damned if I bring any children-- especially a son into this world under the circumstances we living in. It's not ok. It's not. We have an African American president but in terms of racism we may as well be exactly where we were in 1955 when Emmet Till was killed. We've got to teach our communities a way to break this cycle. It wont start with the racist excuses of a human being that inhale and exhale the hate. It has to start with African Americans. We have to stop hating our brothers and sisters and seriously come together and become those people in power. We need to teach the new generations how to amount to levels of success so they can be responsible for seeing to it that justice is served.  We NEED to stop raising niggas and bitches and start raising Kings and Queens. We need to uplift one another instead of always putting each other down! For example: when Chris Brown blows a socket most of the hate he receives comes from the African American community-- and rather than looking at the situation for itself and being positive by saying "Ok this brother clearly has some issues he may need to deal with, lets reach out to him and support him" instead of dragging his name through the dirt--- something we as a race seem to do all too well. As long as our race continues to be divided we'll keep being the target for race crimes point blank period. At the end of the day the only thing that will speak for us is the level of success, peace and knowledge we amount to.

Happy Birthday Trayvon Martin.