Brother Ali Likens Trayvon Martin Case To Emmett Till Murder

Hip Hop DX ^ | July 3, 2013 | Andres Vasquez

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Brother Ali

Brother Ali also says, "racism is an institution" and that "racism is a serial killer."

Brother Ali recently shared his thoughts on racism when asked to shed light on the Trayvon Martin case. He also spoke about racism as an institution and the way that racism impacts quality of life.

"What we have is a 500-year-old legacy of African Americans being killed, particularly young men," Brother Ali told HardknockTV. "It's all people of color and it includes women too but there's a specific thing about young Black men being murdered by people who say that they're protecting us. They find a way to blame the victim."

Ali then established how the Martin case is similar to Emmett Till's murder in his eyes.

"They said Emmett Till whistled at a White woman. They say all of these things [like], 'He did something he wasn't supposed to be doing.' And then they always find a way to let the killers go free under some weird little loophole in the law. This case is part of that. This case is part of that legacy. Racism is a killer. Racism is a serial killer."

Ali, who released Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color last year, also spoke about how the "institution of slavery" has various other effects.

"Racism itself is an institution in our society," he added. "Racism also exists in all of the institutions. We're taught to think about racism in terms of one individual to another individual. You know? 'Do I hate people who aren't White? Do I say racial slurs and things like that?' And if I can answer no to both of those questions, then I'm completely off the hook and everything is all good.' And we say, 'Well, there are racist people out there.' We talk like there are certain individuals who are racists and as long as you stay away from those individuals, you'll be fine. But the reality is that, not only is racism itself an institutional part of our society, but every important part of our society, we see racism, which is more than just bigotry, more than just prejudice, more than just people being rude to each other or hurting each other's feelings. We're talking about our structural barriers that hold extra challenges to people who are not White. If you look at the statistics, there seems to be a hierarchy. In a highly competitive society, those things benefit the people who aren't held back by them. So in every major aspect of American life, in health care, employment, education, wealth and home ownership and in every way that we can gauge quality of life, we see that people of color have greater challenges and are not experiencing the quality of life that White people are."

More on Brother Ali's thoughts can be found below.

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Emmett Till was murdered in 1955. He was 14 years of age. Till was killed after allegedly flirting with a White woman. Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who deemed him suspicious. Zimmerman told authorities he fired his weapon in self-defense. Martin was unarmed. Other emcees have also commented on the case including Game and Mos Def.

[Peter Libra]

From the text.

Till was killed after allegedly flirting with a White woman

How this case was seared into my memory at the time. Of course the Canadian media picked up on the mantra given out by the American MSM.

I had the version from a right wing publication from the United States. Till had journeyed down from Chicago. He boasted to a bunch of kids from his area, that he had white women if he wanted them. They taunted him to prove it. He went into a small convenience store and confronted the owner's wife. She was white and very pretty. She was pregnant. Till grappled with her and attempted to kiss her. Some forthright and sensible black people came into the store and chased him off.

Tragically, when her husband found out and grabbed hold of Till, he was defiant. They claimed they only wanted to scare him. He did not deserve to die, but he did.

His father was a soldier in Italy in WW2. He raped and killed two Italian women. The US Army executed him. The MSM did everything to use the "wolf whistle" thing to prove that was all Till did.

Their current stinking conduct in trying to use everything to obscure the actual event, is something that boggles the mind. The question is why? Why play these games, instead of proper professional reporting?

[Batman11]

If this guy turns his head upside down he could comb his hair.

[Count of Monte Fisto]

The question is why? Why play these games, instead of proper professional reporting?

Forced Integration in integral to the Globalist Agenda to dismantle Western Civilization. It could not have been accomplished without a compliant Corporate Media.

[Count of Monte Fisto]

there's a specific thing about young Black men being murdered by people who say that they're protecting us.

Young black men are less that 3% of the US population but commit over half of the violent crime in the country. Out of control young black men prone to violence are not uncommon and decent people do have to protect themselves from them. If young black men controlled themselves then they wouldn't be killed or imprisoned so much.

[wardaddy]

There have been half a dozen books written an none go that deep

Myths of civil rights lore

I bet 95% of freepers only know the “facts” about the Till case

Meanwhile since then how many whites have died or been brutalized for sport by blacks

And silence

[Peter Libra]

Meanwhile since then how many whites have died or been brutalized for sport by blacks

And silence

Right on!

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