Either way, as a result of their very real actions one black teen lay paralyzed and the other dead.
Call me a modern day Don Quixote chasing windmills at every turn thinking that they are racist dragons but as Thomas Jefferson once said, “The price of Freedom is eternal vigilance.”
So, sometimes does that mean making a mountain out of a molehill?
Perhaps.
But what if there was a movie about an evil slum lord and the first man shown in the preview just happened to be wearing a yarmulke ?
Or if the next release by Warner Brothers was a flick about child molesters with a cameo appearance by “Father Flanagan ?.”
Would Jews and Catholics be wrong to be a little miffed?
Only black folks have to write a doctoral thesis defending why they are P.O. ‘d; other cultures’ concerns are taken at face value.
If it wasn’t for the fact that black males make up a disproportionate number of inmates in American prisons and at this very moment six young men in Jena Louisiana are facing long prison sentences, I probably wouldn’t bother bringing up this issue.
But these are the facts and fighting against the negative stereotypes of black men has become my raison d’etre.
You know , they say a picture is worth a thousand words, but to a young black man facing prison, a movie picture is worth a 20 year bid.
Min. Paul Scott is a writer and activist in Durham NC. His blog is http://www.nowarningshotsfired.com He can be reached at (919) 451-8283
info@nowarningshotsfired.com
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