When Is Enough Really Enough?

The execution style killings in Newark, NJ got me to thinking. When is enough really enough? Everytime we hear about a senseless act of violence that takes place in our community you always hear someone say that enough is enough. But is enough every really enough? How many lights of our best and brightest have to be snuffed out before we really get fed up? How many heartbroken mothers and fathers have to don the color of mourning before we wake up and realize that it is we, as a community, that must step up and solve this problem. The government is not going to save us. President Bush is not going to save us. And it is not Cory Booker's job alone to save us, we have to save ourselves.

It is we, as a people, that must get fed up and take back our communities. It is only when we become fed up that we can stop the terrorism that is going on in our community. It's okay to protest the lyrics that are going on in rap music that degrades women, but when are we going to protest the amount of black on black crime that continues to rise in our neighborhoods. Where was the outrage when the Haitian mother was gang raped in West Palm Beach, Fl and then forced to perform oral sex on her twelve year old son. We should have been protesting then. Where was the outrage when over 22 students were killed in the span of one school year in Chicago? It is one thing to be angry about white on black crime, but where is the outrage when the offenders looks just like us? I say enough is enough.

We can't keep sacrificing our children and pretending as though it is not happening. What affects the least of us affects all of us. Just because a lot of these tragedies take place in lower income areas does not mean it doesn't affect all of us as a whole. This is one of those things that we must be united on. We have to stand together and demand better for our communities and for our children. If not us then who?

So now God has three more angels: Terrance Aeriel, Iofemi Hightower, and Dashon Harvey. I pray that their souls find rest in the bosom of our heavenly father, and I will continue to pray for their families in their hour of grief. I will also pray for the recovery of Natasha Aeriel. May God be with you my sista as you go through this very difficult time in your life.

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