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Blackout 2
November 2007
Don't Spend ANY money
— Show a sign of solidarity
Many people marched in Jena, LA,
last month in support of the 6 young men unjustly
charged with attempted murder for a school yard fight.
There are many situations all over the nation that
scream of injustice and unfair treatment of people in
this country.
There is the woman in West Virginia
who was raped and tortured for days with barely any
national coverage. They called her the N word but as of
this writing, they still had not confirmed they are
treating this as a hate crime. We all know the young
groom in NYC who was murdered by the NYPD on the eve of
his wedding. There is the teenage girl in Tex as who was
sentenced to jail time for an altercation with a school
official.
How about the teenage girl who was
sprayed with mace for missing curfew? You can see her in
the video restrained by a police officer twice her size.
She was in handcuffs when she was sprayed. Maybe you
heard of the California girl who had her arm broken by a
school security official when she refused to pick up a
piece of cake from the floor. It was filmed by a school
mate and is all over You Tube.
You may have heard
of the young man in Georgia who was sentenced to 10
years in prison for having consensual sex with a young
girl. He was 17, she was 15. There was also the young
brother in Florida who died in the custody of the state
when he was admitted to their boot camp. They said he
had diabetes but they couldn't explain his battered
body. All of these stories happened within the last year
or two.
Those are just a few instances where people in this
country have been treated unfairly, while 4 young men in
Raleigh, NC sue the state for 10 million dollars each
because they were "falsely" accused of rape. There are
people who spend YEARS in prison and are exonerated that
don't get nearly that much coin. By the way, who else is
tired of the Princess Diana wrongful death inquiry? I
mean, come on, it's very sad how she died but does her
death need to be the top news story 10 years and 2
months after her death?
On Friday, November 2, 2007, Warren Ballentine, Reverend
Al Sharpton and other civil rights leaders are calling
for a national boycott. Black people alone spend 2
billion dollars a day in the United States and we are
only approximately 12% of the population—2 billion
dollars a day, lining the pockets of companies that have
shown no interest in our interests. We ARE living in the
new civil rights movement.
We cannot allow the
march in Jena to be only an event. It MUST be a
movement. In the 1950s, the bus boycott was only
supposed to be for a few days or weeks. It ended up
being over a year.
The goal was for
fair treatment and bus integration. Our parents and
grandparents sacrificed and showed that with faith and
strength, they could show corporate America the power of
the community and demanded fair treatment. As we know,
those buses were integrated. This is not about color.
This is about class. The middle class and poor people in
this country are not treated as the Declaration of
Independence says we should be treated. It states that
"all men are created equal". Clearly the governing class
of the United States disagrees with their document.
Join us on Friday,
November 2, 2007 and don't spend ANY money. If you have
to shop, do it the day before or the day after. If you
need gas, get it the day before or the day after. We
have to join together as a community. You may be
thinking, it's only one day, what difference will it
make? I had the same thought at first, but just think
about it. If we all save our money that day, it WILL
make a difference. That day may become a weekend. That
weekend may become a week and that week a month. As we
showed in the 1950s, we can make a difference if we do
this together.
If you can pass the many dumb jokes and forwards we all
get, you most certainly can pass this important email to
all your friends and family.
Show a sign of solidarity.
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posted 18 October 2007 |
