It has happened yet again. Yet again, Black Americans are left pretending our children are safe in the aftermath of the American justice system. Honestly, we are just done dressing the wounds from the heinous Trayvon Martin verdict. Now more names must be engraved in history as examples that the American justice system was never meant to protect the few. It was meant to protect the masses.
I seldom speak on issues like this, because honestly there is no solution for our judicial make up. And ATS Mag is about solutions. This media outlet is about positivity. And there is no positive angle to the occurrences in St. Louis. As much as it saddens me that the Black community lives in the balance of racism, classism and police brutality, I realize that the American justice system works. It just doesn’t work for us, the minority.
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I get real emotional at the strangest time. Just five minutes ago, I set back at a red light and thought to myself. I am in this moment. At that very place in space, time and thought I was blessed with health, awareness and consciousness. So often we live in the balance of grace, peace and faith forgetting how fortunate we are to be in the very moments we ignore. If you are familiar with me, you know that I have a right hand comrade named Natalie. She's the PYT featured in the pic to the left. As she and I were standing in the concert, we noticed that many of the artists paused to have a "do the right thing" moment. From Ty Dolla $ign, to Jeezy to Wiz, artists kept having motivational breaks in their sets. I wondered why the artists felt it necessary to take this time out in their performances. I'm not harping on the lives of any of these artists. Their speeches just helped me have an aha moment. So many of us filter through life pretending to have a united front of peace, when our day to day actions do very little to support the words we speak. It's easy to speak about helping the next generation, living to the fullest, and staying positive. But living up to these words is a whole other matter. |
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More About MkMk is 23 year old Chicagoan. She attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., studying English. Now back in Chicago, Mk has focused on writing her truths. Outside of ATS, she also writes on Youth Alert, a blog for young Christian believers. Mk is also a stylist at Akira Hyde Park. When she isn't working on the Mag, Youth Alert, or at Akira, Mk is with her family, she spends her time with a good book or cooking.
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