last weekend i went to a free fred hampton jr. event here in chicago. one of the brothers was talking about the movement and he told us that as he was coming to the event, he saw the cops pinning down two young Black men. he then began to blame 'the man'/'the system' yadda yadda yadda. as i sat and listened to him talk about the government bringing drugs and guns into our community and how they attacked the black panther party i got this puzzled look on my face. i was looking crazy b/c i have been battling with this issue for a long time.

when are those in the movement gonna stop defending and justifying why some Black folks are killing each other, why some Blacks folks are crackheads, why some Black women are chickenheads, and why the prison industrial complex is growing etc. i am my brothers and sisters keeper but i can't justify those actions that are wrong. it's one thing to know the source and explain the madness but it's another to justify it.

yes, i wanna help and i am an activist but i can't justify wrong doings. i don't have to justify the wrong doings to be against the unjust consequences. yes, there's a lack of equity in the judicial system. but i can't justify junebug selling crack to babies. yes, 'the man' placed the crack in our neighborhoods but we are the ones consuming, even after we have been told that crack kills. (which i know folks that's been strung out forever and they are still alive and kicking, but that ain't the point)

i think that the key message in the movie slam was that yeah the system is fucked up, but it is also on you not to fall prey to the madness. it is one thing if you are a Black person walking down the street minding your own business or b/c of mistaken identity that you catch a beat down from the po-po's; but if you get caught up on weed possession and you are bitching b/c cocaine possession is less time then though i will fight to change the sentencing if it is more than that of white folks but, i can't justify your actions. wtf, negro you were doing wrong yourself, so though you have the right to bitch about the consequences and that white folks get less time yadda yadda yadda, you knew the consequences when you put yourself in that predicament. once again i am against the lack of equity in the judicial system but there should be a judicial system.

and this bullshit about we are only doing what we have seen white folks do in this capilist society and that the biggest drug lord, pimp, and criminal is corporate america irritates me. yes, all of that is true but once again, don't justify yo wrong actions by acknowledging someone else's wrong doing but not your own.

my statements don't mean that i don't blame the system, i do, but it is also important for us to acknowledge our role in the madness.

i just needed to vent.
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