Some name it karma. I name it the work of the ancestors. Trump’s path to and from Fulton County Jail the place he was arraigned took the accused felon via actually the Blackest neighborhood within the nation, rolling down Joseph Lowery Blvd and Bankhead Hwy (Hootie Hoo). You couldn’t get Blacker than that for those who have been cruising with Dick Gregory, Nina Simone, Maya Angelou and Malcolm X with “diamonds within the again, sunroof prime, diggin’ the scene with a gansta’ lean, oo-oo.”
The neighborhood that dude who tried to throw out Atlanta’s 2020 Presidential Election votes rode via was residence to Black icons MLK, Julian Bond, Maynard Jackson, Lowery and others; with streets named after people who bled and died for Blackfolk’s proper to vote. Watching the protection of Trump being arraigned in that jail infamous for its brutality in opposition to Blackfolk put America’s two-tiered justice system on blast. Not the BS one Trump references, however moderately, how any of us would have been thrown beneath the jail had we carried out 1/one thousandth of what Trump did. It additionally confirmed the ability of Black girls.
With all his robust speak, when soul sister Fani Willis mentioned “Soar,” that “scared little [Trump]” replied, “How excessive?” Take into consideration that for a second; a sister did what no different human on the planet has been in a position to do—put Trump within the crosshairs of doubtless being held accountable for his misdeeds. And whereas that twice impeached former president rode via the identical So So Def streets as Jermaine Dupree, Goodie Mob and OutKast, I swear I might hear ATLiens chanting, “You want to stand up, get out, reduce that bull[stuff] out.” Donald Glover couldn’t have written a greater episode of “Atlanta” than that.
ACCOUNTABILITY NEEDED
Within the Nineteen Eighties, conservative politicians demonized hip hop, blaming it for all of the nation’s ills. In the present day, 40 years later, rappers are being arrested for his or her lyrics—for his or her artwork. I have to know why Democrats and progressives in 2023 aren’t utilizing that very same power to criminalize everybody who 24/7 promotes the “Huge Lies” (the stolen election lie and the “All Blackfolk are savage criminals” lie).
These lies proceed to feed bigoted haters who already existed however really feel extra emboldened with every repeated “Huge Lie” to inflict violence (bodily and political) on us. The proof is overwhelming. Most just lately, we noticed it in Jacksonville. Yearly since 45 hit the nationwide political scene, demonizing immigrants, Muslims, Asians and Blackolk, hate crimes have skyrocketed. Each month there’s a brand new Jacksonville, a brand new Buffalo, a brand new Charlottesville. Huge Lie pushers, whether or not they’re politicians, media networks or on a regular basis residents, have blood on their palms.
QUID PRO QUO
Anybody searching for Black votes must make one thing occur. Interval. Voting rights safety. Prison justice reform. Environmental justice. Equal pay for ladies. Checks and balances on a SCOTUS gone wild. Younger people are turned off from voting as a result of they see the vast majority of Individuals wanting these items, but, a minority of wealthy, entitled lawbreakers efficiently blocking every thing. They are saying, to hell with gridlock; make one thing occur! And Dems, if you do make issues occur, however inform no person, younger voters equate that with doing nothing. Hell, Republicans do a greater job of taking credit score for wildly profitable legal guidelines that they voted in opposition to than the Dems who made them occur. Do higher. Democracy is actually on the road.
