I WOULD LIKE TO SEND THIS OUT TO KEITH MCCASKILL, JR. WHO IS NOW DECEASED. THIS MORNING I DECIDED TO LISTEN TO A VIDEO HE POSTED.
I SAT WITH IT A WHILE. HE INSPIRED, ENLIGHTENED AND ENCOURAGED ME TO NEVER BOYCOTT AGAIN.
HIS VIDEO WAS ON BLACK FOLKS NOT SUPPORTING BLACK FOLKS FINANCIALLY. HE STATED THAT WE WILL BOYCOTT, WE WILL PROTEST, WE WILL DO ALL OF THESE THINGS AND IN HIS VIDEO I HEARD SOMETHING DEEPER.
HERE WE ARE BEING TOLD, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED, OUR MONEY IS NOT WANTED, WE ARE BEING TREATED UNJUSTLY, INHUMANELY, AND IMMORALLY AND WE STILL WANT TO GO IN AND SUPPORT THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS, KEEP THEIR LIGHTS RUNNING, PAY THEIR BILLS AND WATCH THEM HOP ON THE HIGHWAYS TO LEAVE WITHOUT LEAVING ANY INVESTMENTS IN RETURN.
WE HAVE GOT TO BE CRAZY.
WE FIND ANY AND ALL EXCUSES AS TO WHY WE WON’T SUPPORT OUR OWN BUT TAKE ALL OF OUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO ESTABLISHMENTS WHO WE KNOW HAVE NO REGARD FOR US OR OUR LOVED ONES.
WHY ARE WE BEGGING?
WHY ARE WE PLEADING?
WHY ARE WE DEMANDING?
WHY ARE WE ASKING?
WHY ARE WE MARCHING?
WHY ARE WE WILLING TO DO THESE THINGS IN ORDER TO LEAVE OUR MONEY WITH PEOPLE WHO DON’T SPEAK OUR FIRST LANGUAGE, WHOSE CHILDREN DON’T EVEN VISIT OUR IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES LET ALONE ATTEND OUR FAILING SCHOOLS?
WHY ARE WE WILLING TO UPHOLD ALL OTHERS EXCEPT OUR OWN?
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