My man Kaleem (www.colderthanaratsass.blogspot.com) hipped me to this. HE spoke about how disgusted and sick it made him feel. He said he wanted to jump through the screen.
I finally watched it and I have to say I echo the same sentiments.
I am also caught in a strange place being mad that something so senseless and so violent can happen and sad that something like this happens in every city throughout the U.S. and the people participating in it are so desensitized to it all that they don't recognize it needs to stop.
I think about the youth in my City (Oakland) and I see a lot of them in this video clip. The notion is (in opposition to being the stronger man and not participating) that it is 'kill or be killed' and 'you have to do what you have to do'. That is the only rational.
Apart from all this is the voluntary participation in such a barbaric act seems to give off some sort of feeling of liberation, strength, power...Watch the video; I'm sure some of them are angry, but it also seems like some of them are in it for the thrill, not because they hate their opposer for any real reason.
There are no other outlets (apart from sports, I guess) that give these teens that feeling. The Euphoric feeling of accomplishment, success, respect, and self-worth. As a result, now these same teens are about to be convicted of 1st degree murder and have the rest of their lives screwed up all because they did not make the right decision. This sounds drastic but I think it would be better to kill these four teens than to have them spend x-amount of years in jail rotting, and then have them get out and have to participate in 'society'. It's a waste of life.
Granted, these boys had a choice, but when you do not educate and give these kids hope and confidence in themselves what sound decision can you really expect them to make?
Derrion was what, 14? life. ended.
These other boys are no more than 19 years old: life. ended.
Man it's awful no matter how you turn the situation.
This is a result of what is going on in the United States. The dumbing down of people and moreso w/ people of color. And it sucks. You can be mad at these boys for participating in some stupid ass act (and it really was dumb as shit), and for not having any regard for life, but you can only be but so mad at them. When you look at the amount of money being dumped (if that word can even used to represent how much is NOT being placed) in low income communities. It's just squalor and more squalor and all it is doing is getting worse and worse. Compounding on itself.
This is a deliberate move by people in power and it upsets me beyond words.
My heart goes out to the Albert family and to the young men (and their parents) who have been and will be arrested and charged in this murder. It just doesn't have to be like this.
I'm not going to post the video just out of respect. Every time I see it it makes my stomach knot up.
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