Michael Vick is facing it. Plaxico Burress is facing it.
Michael Tyson faced it, and countless other Black men have too.
When will Black men in the American spotlight ever be treated like human beings? When will Black men ever be treated justly, fairly, or equally in America?
Take these prime examples listed above, and the answer is NEVER. Especially if these men continue to be hounded, disrespect, and treated like murderers and career criminals.
I pay attention to these cases with attentiveness. I am watching these men of my same hue closely, seeing what else these commentators and talking heads come up with. Michael Vick was just seen drinking a cocktail at a bar in Philadelphia. It has made national news. Michael Vick is a Grown Man. He can’t have a drink?? It is not in his contract that he cannot have a drink! My twin brothers says funnily, but seriously, “What is he going to do, have a drink then go fight dogs!” I laugh hard, but it not funny.
This matter is so unfair to men who make mistakes, then for the rest of their lives, have to pay for it. Cameras follow them and they are scrutinized for small things that do not matter.
One the other hand, White men and commentators praise, and say they’re in love with Brett Favre. What is this??
Brett Favre is a human being. He possesses no super human qualities. He is man who can make mistakes too.
What will America benefit from as they prosecute and persecute Black men? Is there a prize for this? Does it make certain White men feel good that they get to belittle Black men?
We are always on trial wherever we are. We are always looked at through a microscope. When will we have peace like the next man?
Mayor Bloomberg said that Plaxico Burress should be “prosecuted to the fullest extent.” And, for what? He shot his own self in the leg. No one in the club that night heard the gun shot. Everyone else was safe. They arrested him at his home as if he had shot the club up.
The criminalization of Black men needs to stop. Our image will continue to be tainted, and we will be continued to be looked at as savages, or gun toting hoodlums who are out of control.
We are not that.
Some of us make mistakes. Some of us have bad breaks. Some of us take the wrong turn down the road of life, but who does not eventually?
We are human too.
Our flaws does not give people the right to destroy our character and make us pay for the rest of our lives, doing the song and dance on TV to be reinstated into some White men’s social clubs and in front of their cameras.
Let’s back up. Realize that America has always been harsh to Black men.
Maybe this will help those of White America who feel they own our lives and should make us pay, as if we owe the world something.
Christopher Donshale Sims
Copyright August 25, 2009
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Posted By: Christopher Donshale Sims
Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 10:01AM
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