IT’S STILL NOT TOO LATE

Micah Xavier Johnson’s desperate deadly action has just been repeated. For God’s sake, people!

It is claimed that, in America, young Black men are killed—frequently gunned down—by some branch of law enforcement at the rate of one every twenty-eight hours. We African Americans have basically tolerated this outrage. For God’s sake, people!

LET US ALL COME TOGETHER TO RIGHT THE WRONG. We have to do it NOW, while there is still some time—not much, but some time, if we keep hope alive.

In our book, THE GUNNING DOWN OF MICAHEL BROWN: AN AFROCENTRIC APPROACH, we present an approach that is consistent with the love that can bring us peace.

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SELLING OUR INHERITANCE FOR A MESS OF POTTAGE

In many regions of the Americas—North, Central and South—black folks have been selling off their family lands and property at outrageously low prices. Is that what took place when Howard University “monetized” its extremely valuable real estate holding, Meridian Hill Residence Hall, for $22 million? Or could it be argued that it was not a sale but a “99-year ground lease”? Furthermore this sweet, sweet deal benefited District developers Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners. By the way, are we talking about the Jair Lynch, one of a tiny group of black citizens to represent the U.S. in Olympic gymnastic competition?

RESPONSES TO THE GUNNING DOWN OF OUR YOUNG MEN

It is claimed that, in America, young Black men are killed—frequently gunned down—by some branch of law enforcement at the rate of one every twenty-eight hours. We African Americans have basically tolerated this outrage. Two years ago, I published a book, THE GUNNING DOWN OF MICHAEL BROWN: AN AFROCENTRIC RESPONSE. The book still languishes on the shelves, basically ignored by the African American community.

Now Micah Xavier Johnson’s Afrocentric response to the gunning down of our young men has certainly gotten all kinds of attention. One wonders: if even a fraction of that level of attention had been given to Afrocentric responses such as mine, could we have forestalled, prevented young Micah’s desperate, deadly action? 

RESPONSES TO A LONG TRAIN OF ABUSES AND USURPATIONS

Micah Xavier Johnson declared that he was responding to a “long train of abuses and usurpations.” For him, the men in blue represented exactly what the men in red coats represented for the original white Americans.

Micah Xavier Johnson is deemed by the general public to be “deranged.” The general public in England—and many even in the Thirteen Colonies—would have deemed the response to that “long train of abuses and usurpations” inflicted by the King to have been “deranged.” Certainly, in 1916, the general public and the Catholic Church leadership in Ireland deemed the Easter uprising to be the work of “deranged” young hotheads. 

THE WAR HAS STARTED, BUT WE CAN END IT IMMEDIATELY

Micah Xavier Johnson started the shooting war. He was a young African American who simply could not take another minute of the vicious white supremacist oppression. But at the song says: “War is not the answer, only love can bring us peace.”

In our book, THE GUNNING DOWN OF MICAHEL BROWN: AN AFROCENTRIC APPROACH, we present an approach that is consistent with the love that can bring us peace.

VISIT www.ianismart.com