Slavery... Right around the corner

As I have been watching the news and reviewing the laws that are being passed, I have realized that the thing we joked about for years, just may be right around the corner. That's right slavery is right around the corner.

When there is an 6 member all white jury that is convicting children. Slavery is right around the corner. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19488285/

When the supreme basically rules that separate is equal again. Slavery is right around the corner.

When a 14 year old child is sentenced to be jailed for years because she pushed a security guard at school. Slavery is right around the corner.

Here is the thing, if the people are guilty then yes, they need to serve some amount of time, but the reality is that the first thing being assessed is the color of their skin. However, we already know the Black people make up a disproportionate number of people in jails. Those are the same people who have to work for free, chained together. Is that not a form of slavery? They are not given adequate tools to make them productive members of society, no they are work horses. Age doesn't matter.

As I was driving down the street the other day, I watched a group of about 5 children 3 Black, 2 White, 1 girl weeding on a dangerously hot day. Now if they did the crime, they need to do the time, but what about schooling? Don't they need to learn something so that they are repeat offenders? As an educator I say, "YES!!!"

The biggest issue however is that we are not doing up in arms about these situations. We are just like well whatever. This will be the reason for our demise, so get your, "Yessa massas," "Okay boss," and you shuffle together, because it seems that they will be needed in the very near future. Good luck with that, because I would rather die free than live as a slave.


Ms. Denva