STATE OF EMERGENCY



Baltimore police & rioters near Mondawmin Mall. This is the area near The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore & Frederick Douglass High School

Just a few minutes ago going through one of our local reporter's Facebook page (Jamie Sullivan) the picture of the rioting in Baltimore, Maryland caused me to pause and read the comments. One of the first reactions jumped out at me.


Bruce Pickett "I they would kill Obama this would stop."


"Kill Obama?" was my response. "What kind of mind and spirit do you have? It is also a felony in these times to threaten the President. And anyway it wouldn't. Your suggestion is stupid. It doesn't have a logical path leading to or from common sense, or glimpse a solution to a complex problem, which is not only in Baltimore, but in cities across the country. The depth of your contradictions borders between ignorance & giddy racism buoyed by how little your ability to make significant historical connections stays afloat.

You went to Crispus Attucks high school. Crispus Attucks was an Natick Indian, whose father was an African. You rant against a Black president, but you learned nothing about the deep links between the freedoms you enjoy and the relationship of the Africans and the Native Americans with the Europeans. Crispus Attucks was the first to die in the Revolutionary War, man! Didn't you know that influence on your life?" 

 

The desire to kill the President amongst many white Americans is alive and well, and feels like it is tolerated alongside the KKK's right to free speech is protected by the Constitution and the Klan's supporters in high places. My civic duty is to turn his threat to the Secret Service. Should I?  

 

Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories

4.28.15

Crispus Attucks