Danna Lafaye Kiel Is hurt, shocked and dismayed by the brutal beating death of 16 yr old Derrion Albert another sad chapter in our ability to support our own
Nadine Cherry-Camel
isn't that horrible! i just don't get it for the life of me:( makes me so sad
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Eric Antonio
that is just sad...
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Cynthia Bennett
What is going on with our children? All I could do is cry.
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Danna Lafaye Kiel
I feel you Cynthia ...it shook me to my core the little bit of the brutality that I could stand before I had to change the channel...Nadine I just don't get it either ...like what is happening to our children...where does that kind of blood thirst come from to beat another child to death and I am still trying to understand why no one could help ? Were there no adults, nobody of sound and sober heart or mind to pull him away before it was too late...I am sorry you guys I am just baffled is all I can say and I want to know WHERE IS THE OUTCRY ...where is Kanye,Jesse or Al with their big mouths now !!!! Van Jones SOMEBODY...Preachers in Chicago need to be with the family....the grandfather and aunt sitting on tv this morning should not have had to sit alone on a national stage like they did on one of the morning programs
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My epilogue/open letter to Jesse, Al, Kanye and Van
While I have called out Al, Kanye and Jesse as big mouths in the previous paragraph I have opened up to include Van Jones whose Big Mouth has clearly been used for Good and not evil too because as I beseech sister and brother black leadership coalitions to come out come out come out wherever you are I also hope that as most of you rally around injustices that are White on Black you will rally around the outstanding bill in the mailbox labeled "self destruction" addressed to the Black community from the mothers, aunts, parents, friends (and more) of every man, woman, preganant woman, child, niece, nephew, son, grandson, grand-daughter or friend that has suffered, bled and died senselessly and unjustly at the hands of people that looked like them.
I have a son...I also teach as a puzzle piece to how I make my living...despite how frustrated my inner teacher gets with my outer students...I want the best for them with my whole heart...as a mother my heart goes out to the caregivers of this young man ...that your child is dead is one thing, but to wrap one's finite mind around the brutality he endured until unconscious and transitioning is beyond anything I could reason or intellectualize or contextualize...the grief would probably make me go insane...
In times of trouble while my mouth will call on the Lord God and mine eyes will look to the hills from which cometh my help and remembering that my help comes from the Lord who has made heaven and earth....my hands will reach for the earth bound work that it will take to do what MARVIN GAYE SAID .."Save The Babies !!!!!"
Amen
Blessings Everyone
PS: JESSE, KANYE, AL, VAN, Common, DL Hughley ....I am listening out for you !!!!!!
