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| Hip Hop lecturer and activist Rosa Clemente |
Well known activist and grassroots organizer Rosa Clemente told me it is her view that many have been “lulled to sleep” by the fact that there is a Black President in Barack Obama, and a Black Attorney General in Eric Holder. As a veteran activist, she was not surprised by the #Ferguson decision.
“I am not surprised as someone who has been working on these issues for twenty years, but I’m always disappointed and always so sad that I have to take my 10-year old daughter to a rally for justice right now because that’s the world we live in, and she herself can be a victim of police violence at her age,” said Clemente. “It is a profound moment for all of us of this first #HipHop political generation who have really fought to stop this and now know that we have our children to protect along with many others. They are killing our kids. From the minute our children are born, they are targets,” she added.
#MikeBrown, #EricGarner, #TamirRice, #TrayvonMartin, #TroyDavis, #OscarGrant, #SeanBell, #RumainBrisbon, #JohnCrawford, #EzellFord.
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