In Just Us

I've been thinking for quite some time now how hard it is to be an African American male nowadays.  Sure it was extremely difficult to be black period while my parents was growing up but racism was wide open and the norm back then.  The news depresses me because it shows me proof that we have no hope.  Our African American President is being used as a scapegoat for our former president's fuck up.  Sure we are in an economic crises but Bush put us there.  President Barack Obama has done more for this country and the world in 3 years than Bush did in 8!

Another thing that disturbs me is our horrible justice system.  It has never been exactly fair for Blacks and Hispanics but now it is getting out of hand!  Trayvon Martin was only 17 when he was gunned done by a paranoid white man.  His killer's excuse was because he looked like he was "up to no good".  I guess it's a crime to buy skittles now.  I can relate because I've "fit the description" all my life.  I was stalked then ambushed by the police recently while coming home from work because I looked "suspicious".  Mind u the white lady I walked past a few minutes earlier was never harassed.


While Trayvon's murderer breaths easy, his parents have to deal with the fact that they will ever see their son.  In 1990 Phillip Pannell was shot in the back by Teaneck Police officer Gary Spath.  The white Offer thought the black Pannell had a gun.  after cowardly shooting Phillip in the back it was discover the the gun was actually a starter pistol.  Officer Spath was acquitted for the murder


If you're white u can kill your kids, rape maids and kill innocent people and never see a day in jail.  Black people aren't allowed to shoot themselves, know about yet not be involved in a crime, or basically live their lives normally.  We are the exception to "innocent until proven guilty" mantra.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream for racial equality...I have a do just live!