Only in America, can a Black male go to the grave without the acknowledgment of those who have wrongly and unjustly kill him. I have thought all week about writing on this topic. I was feeling as if I must to connect this to my Ghanaian family and friends.
Why?
APGSS students asked Corinth and I numerous times -- questions concerning race. The whole world believes being Black in America has gotten better since we elected our first Black President Barack Obama. President Obama speaks - Trayvon Martin
I, an American Black educator, know too well the senseless killings/slayings/shootings/murders and non-tried cases of so many African-American males, I cannot count these instances anymore. Nor can I remember all the names of young men -- I know, rather those slayed down who I knew...
Race in America, we have yet to heal. The election of our President shows we are learning to deal and overcome from the injustice we have incurred since being brought to this country since slavery. But, once I saw Trayvon's photo posted (Instagram and Facebook) next to Emmett Till's photo -- I knew, we had not come that far and our children are watching.
And on the Ghanaian news yester-evening were three college girls made to crawl out of the mall on their hands and knees because they were trying to shoplift. Needless to say, some Ghanaians are very distraught by the actions of the manager and mall police officials or making these girls do this.
Mothers only know...
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| Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's grieving Mom at the National Urban League Convention |
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