I ponder the effect of someone revered and respected in our Black community who would dare to stand up and say: All lives matter. Advise: Police shoot more white people than Black people. 70% of all Black children are born out of wedlock. More Black babies are aborted than are born. Disproportionately Black people commit more crimes than their White counterparts. Black people perpetrate the major portion of crimes committed against Black people. Does anyone refute these statistics? Does anyone not feel these statistics suggest a systemic problem within the Black community and should be addressed? Yes, we all should be judged on who we are not what we are. However, prejudice exists to one degree or another against all races, as it applies to one degree or another to all religions, nationalities, gender, and whatever and whomever; it’s the human condition. It's not exclusive to any of us who are different in mind, body, or spirit for whatever reason we so deem ourselves different. We’ve got to get over ourselves and move forward, overcoming whatever adverse circumstances might challenge us BUT in consideration of what's best for all of us, for whatever, we are all in this together. Where have the likes of Martin Luther King and Thurgood Marshall spokespersons of civil rights gone only to be replaced by race-baiters Al Sharpton and Maxine Waters?
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