GL, I did just that and I am so glad I did. Thanks for telling me. I looked up Ben Jealous and found a video which was recorded on April 7, 2011. After watching it, I felt that I should post it here. A lot of insightful and horrible things are reveal in it and judging from the "so what" attitude that many have, maybe they will see the seriousness of this issue. Personally, I am glad to see more whites beginning to speak out on this sinful situation. Because until whites start speaking out, nothing will be done. Blacks are always viewed as whiners and often ignored. Then there are not enough of them that want to rise up with marches and boycotts which are very effective tools for change.
This is the one thing I like about my man. He is a fighter for change. He is very concerned and compassionate about the crisis of the African American community and he has passed this on to me also.
Some people think that a black man can't be involved with a white woman and still fight the injustices against black people, but that is simply not true. America only has 5% of the world's population. Just 5%. Yet, America has the largest prison system in the world...bigger than that of China. Over 40% of that is black men. The majority of black men in prison are there on NONviolent charges and doing way more time than a man who commits crimes upon women and children. The laws are a net which is designed to "catch and keep" minorities for a longer period of time than they do whites which commit white collar crimes, pedophile crimes, etc.
The money being made is in the billions. Believe me, if the government was LOSING money, it would not be imprisoning a man for 20 years for selling just 10 pounds marijuana. The conspiracy laws in place permit them to imprison innocent people without being challenged on it. Thus, many blacks are in prison are serving time for crimes that they themselves did not even commit. Thanks to Clinton (the black man's president LOL) the 3 strikes you're out bill has some blacks doing 15 years in prison for stealing a bicycle...not rape, not robbing a bank, not beating a woman to death...but for stealing a bicycle.
Anyway GL, here's the video. It is definitely a must see for anyone who really wants to know why this is not funny at all, but a very serious issue concerning the plight of young black men in America.
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