We Are The Hunted...

How many consecutive hangings of black people do we have to hear about before its declared a race war?How many Black people do we know of that been found hanging from structures this year?The word "lynch law" originated in Virginia during the 1770s.The LynchingClaude McKay1889 – 1948His spirit is smoke ascended to high heaven.His father, by the cruelest way of pain,Had bidden him to his bosom once again;The awful sin remained still unforgiven.All night a bright and solitary star(Perchance the one that ever guided him,Yet gave him up at last to Fate’s wild whim)Hung pitifully o’er the swinging char.Day dawned, and soon the mixed crowds came to viewThe ghastly body swaying in the sun:The women thronged to look, but never a oneShowed sorrow in her eyes of steely blue;And little lads, lynchers that were to be,Danced round the dreadful thing in fiendish glee.From The Book of American Negro Poetry (Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922) edited by James Weldon Johnson. The word "lynch law" originated in Virginia during the 1770s.Post-Reconstruction (1877–1950s): After the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, lynching transformed into a systematic tool of racial terror & social control to re-establish white supremacy.“We cannot heal the deep wounds inflicted during the era of racial terrorism until we tell the truth about it,” said EJI Director Bryan Stevenson. "We do not have a history of killing white people, white people have a history of killing us." —Louis Farrakhan “So, if the federal government will not intercede in our affairs, then we must rise up and kill those who kill us. Stalk them and kill them and let them feel the pain of death that we are feeling!”…"We died to build America." -Minister Louis Farrakhan#community #wearebeinghuntedAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy