People hold banners and chant slogans as they march from Union Square Park to Grand Central to protest the killing of 3 black men by police in 48 hours, in Manhattan, New York on July 7, 2016.I grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a predominately Black neighborhood but was bused to a school in a predominantly white suburb.
While many people are just now waking up to the realities of police violence in the country, as a Black man I've lived with this reality all my life.most segregated cities in the country My sister, my brother and I got on the bus every morning and rode an hour to school. An hour each way. In totally respectful voices, we said, "What did we do?" We weren't angry. We weren't yelling. We weren't screaming. But we were absolutely terrified.
We didn't tell anyone. We didn't talk to our teachers. We didn't tell our friends. We didn't tell the principal. We didn't walk into the police station, which was five blocks away. We didn't tell anybody.When I told my mom as an adult, she almost lost it. She was just so upset that we didn't tell anyone.As I've gotten older, that night has stuck in the back of my mind as I've gone through my life.
dmarshalljr Does anyone say White Lives Matter? All of this campagnes are racistic inside.. We must say Human lives matter (if it really does!)
dmarshalljr I learned a lot about this country after a 12 year old black kid robbed me at gunpoint.
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