As political and social protests grip the Middle East, are growing in Europe and a riot exploded in north London this weekend, here’s a sad truth, expressed by a Londoner when asked by a television reporter: Is rioting the correct way to express your discontent? “Yes,” said the young man. “You wouldn’t be talking to me now if we didn’t riot, would you?”
The TV reporter from Britain’s ITV had no response. So the young man pressed his advantage. “Two months ago we marched to Scotland Yard, more than 2,000 of us, all blacks, and it was peaceful and calm and you know what? Not a word in the press. Last night a bit of rioting and looting and look around you.”
This makes a depressingly valid point.
Smh wow….
(Source: crowdsourced)
(Source: one-man-drinking-games)
REAL TALK !
“You’re not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it”
-Malcolm X
I really wish the African American community was as conscious of the issues that affect us as we were during the Black Power movement. I’m aware that not ALL blacks were in agreeance to the change and looked at it as radical but we had some sense of pride as to where we came from and embraced our…
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