Once again the absence of Black Americans in venues where our interests are in play and in peril has been lethal. The Travon Martin courtroom where justice did not appear included a white judge, white prosecutors, and a jury without Black Americans. A dead Black boy was present but his currency and worth was already discounted and then documented with a horrific outcome of freedom for his killer.
Lessons to learn include: The reality that our presence must exist in every venue of life in America from courtrooms to boardrooms to rooms with a view.
The other lesson was personal I have failed my son by not disarming the contempt society has for his being...I have been unable to alter the ethos of inhumanity and depravity towards his essence...Now others have the license under the 'color of law' to discount his personhood. My failure has altered the arc of his presence in our country. My son now has to deal with another fucking generation of contempt for his essence....This raw truth stings me today!
America circa 2013
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