There is an urgency to this American problem. People are dying.
Candidates need to put forward policies that will address minority issues. Currently, the community is self-policing the deaths and abuse of their minority members. The community has very serious lawyers working to bring justice from the violence to the people. But, the respect and change the community is looking for is still lacking.
My suggestion is for any interested candidate meet with representatives of "Black Lives Matter." They have ideas and their attorneys certainly are well versed in the law and how more protections are needed. This is not just a social issue. It is the basis of their lives. Parents tutor their young men behind closed doors about the dangers of being a black man. That reality goes back decades with the testimony of former AG Holder and President Obama himself.
July 20, 2015
By Carrie Dann
Hillary Clinton (click here) said Monday that "everyone in this country should stand firmly behind" the idea that "black lives matter," just days after two of her Democratic rivals faced protests about racial justice at a liberal conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
In a Facebook chat, Clinton was asked by a Washington Post reporter what she would have said to the activists at Netroots Nation, which the former Secretary of State declined to attend.
"Black lives matter. Everyone in this country should stand firmly behind that," she replied. "We need to acknowledge some hard truths about race and justice in this country, and one of those hard truths is that that racial inequality is not merely a symptom of economic inequality. Black people across America still experience racism every day."...
Equality under the law is a different issue, but, removing abuse and hate that results in a person's death has been engrained in our society and it needs to be addressed. I am sure these magnificent Americans have clear ideas. They may be looking for the best solution and that will be up to the candidates for president to articulate it.
Candidates need to put forward policies that will address minority issues. Currently, the community is self-policing the deaths and abuse of their minority members. The community has very serious lawyers working to bring justice from the violence to the people. But, the respect and change the community is looking for is still lacking.
My suggestion is for any interested candidate meet with representatives of "Black Lives Matter." They have ideas and their attorneys certainly are well versed in the law and how more protections are needed. This is not just a social issue. It is the basis of their lives. Parents tutor their young men behind closed doors about the dangers of being a black man. That reality goes back decades with the testimony of former AG Holder and President Obama himself.
July 20, 2015
By Carrie Dann
Hillary Clinton (click here) said Monday that "everyone in this country should stand firmly behind" the idea that "black lives matter," just days after two of her Democratic rivals faced protests about racial justice at a liberal conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
In a Facebook chat, Clinton was asked by a Washington Post reporter what she would have said to the activists at Netroots Nation, which the former Secretary of State declined to attend.
"Black lives matter. Everyone in this country should stand firmly behind that," she replied. "We need to acknowledge some hard truths about race and justice in this country, and one of those hard truths is that that racial inequality is not merely a symptom of economic inequality. Black people across America still experience racism every day."...
Equality under the law is a different issue, but, removing abuse and hate that results in a person's death has been engrained in our society and it needs to be addressed. I am sure these magnificent Americans have clear ideas. They may be looking for the best solution and that will be up to the candidates for president to articulate it.
