Yesterday I wrote a long piece on what I feel would be a more
effective reaction to decades long record of racially motivated deaths
in the USA. At that time I had not know there was an
official Trayvon Martin foundation, because it’s hardly been publicized,
and in my opinion doesn’t address the bigger issue of launching a
campaign that will stand at the ready to protest, in concert &
numbers the repeated deaths and injustices suffered by African
American’s in this country.
There is a desperate need for an organization devoted to just this
cause, and it needs to be a united coalition. I don’t see what purpose
the NAACP serves anymore, as they fail the black community in any
meaningful way to help end the unjust killings (ie Trayvon Martin) and
injustice convictions of Blacks in this county (ie Marissa Alexander).
As I stated in the referenced post (still worth a read), but the main points I will reiterate here.
Nothing is going to change unless the Black community becomes a
serious political force to be reckoned with.
It is wonderful to have our
bloggers, tweeters, marches and protests, but if we don’t coordinate
them into one group, they are little more than nuisances. If we combine
all that energy into one group, the power in numbers and ecomonic impact
will have 10x the effect, of each separate group doing there own thing.
We really need to take a look at the campaigns that rid of Glenn Beck,
that are rapidly moving corporations away from the corrupt corporate
sponsored group ALEC and the StopRush campaign.
Those campaigns, which include boycotts and coordinated lead
efforts have be measurably successful. The truth of the campaigns we
organize regarding #Oscar Grant, Marissa Alexander, and waning support
of Justice for Trayvon Martin. while successful to an extent, have not
had the effect of measurably make this country understand we wil no
longer tolerate racially motivated slaughter of our people or
convictions. The ineffectivness in preventing further injustices is
evident in the more than 29+ victims that succumbed to racially
motivated deaths since Martin’s.
I again propose that something is done to address the issue, one not death, or conviction one at a time, but as a whole
Think about it. When we protest , ala Oscar Grant blogging, marching
& protesting in separate campaigns, while definitely having some
effect, its nothing compared 100x effect it would have working
together.
Take a look at the Stop Rush and ALEC campaigns. Hundreds of sponsors
have fleed association with Limbaugh and ALEC in measurable monetary
amounts. If we put our efforts together, we’d have a much better chance
of countering the dirty tactics that will be used to defend Zimmerman,
help the Martin family but most importantly send a signal to this nation:
WE WILL NO LONGER TOLERATE THE EXECUTIONS OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT THERE BEING AN ENORMOUS PUBIC BACKLASH.
and
WE WILL LET THIS COUNTRY KNOW, THAT IF CORRUPT POLICE DEPARTMENTS
UNJUSTLY KILL A MEMBER OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY OR ALLOW THEM TO BE KILLED
BY RACISTS CITIZENS WE WILL NOT BE SILENT AND THAT TOWN WILL NOT
FLOURISH BECAUSE THE BOYCOTTING AND PROTESTS WILL BE SO GREAT, THEY WILL
ALSO BE ECONOMICALLY CRIPPLED UNTIL JUSTICE IS SERVED.
HOW we accomplish this? I humbly propose the following
1) AN ONLINE MEETING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK FOR EVERYONE INTERESTED IN
GETTING THIS A CAMPAIGN GOING AGAIN ADDRESSING ALL THE RECENT RACIALLY
MOTIVATED MURDERS AND CONVICTIONS AND COORDINATED PLANS TO PUBLICIZE
THEM IN ONE PLACE. All interested bloggers, tweeter,citizens etc could
pool & vote on the best ideas to get this publicized
WE COULD BRING ALL IDEAS TO THE TABLE AND PLAN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY
TO IMPLEMENT THEM. Get an official website, where all information and
updates can be accessed, along with other cases of this nature (ie Anna
Brown, Marissa Alexander, etc)
2) A FUND FOR THE FAMILIES OF THESE VICTIMS AND TO GET MEDIA TIME TO
RAISE AWARENESS OF THE NEW CAMPAIGN- Families that experience these
tragedies rarely have the funds to hire lawyers, and when the case is
not as big as Martin’s they don’t get help. If we really are able to
pull off an organization to address this issue, we would need attorney’s
on retainer. Additionally families like #AnnaBrown’s an Marissa
Alexander who don’t have the publicity of the Martin family need some
financial relief. I know if one of my children were killed and I need
some time to champion there cause, financial assistance could make the
difference between being able to fight for justiceor having to let it go
3) REVIVIE THE TWITTER CAMPAIGN AND BOYCOTTS OF ANYTHING ASSOCIATED
WITH TOWNS, CORPORATIONS, THAT SUPPORT GROUPS ENCOURAGING THIS ACTIONS
like the NRA & any business associated with ALEC which help
write the legislation that let the police think it was ok to set
Zimmerman free that night. (Whether you support the Stand Your Own
Ground Law is irrelevant, we can keep the law but need to get rid of the
racist way it is implemented ie Marissa Alexander case).
These are my humble suggestions to start an organization to end the
senseless racial killings and conviction of the African American
community. If anyone is interested in making this happen please leave a
comment or email me.
Thanks for your time
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