Posted on 01/31/2017 11:07:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
What do you call a mother whose child has been brutally and irrevocably snatched away from her? Usually, we call her an "advocate." And that's what Sybrina Fulton describes in her new book, Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, a biography of her slain son, which was released on Tuesday.
An "advocate" is the modern characterization you can give a woman like Mamie Till, who in 1955 insisted that her 14-year-old son, Emmett, be buried in an open casket. Emmett had been lynched by two white men in Mississippi and, as the world had clocked to the Till's hometown of Chicago to see the fruits of Southern racism up close, Till urged that world to look even closer.
"I wanted the world to see what they did to my baby," she famously said, as tens of thousands of people filed by the boy's casket and peered inside at his mutilated face.
That moment changed the course of American history. No longer were white Americans able to deny the existence of a brutal system of racism that, at its core, denied black people the right to live.
We're in the middle of another one of those moments. Police and vigilante violence have long terrorized black communities, but now it's being caught on camera. The mothers of the victims have been dubbed — by supporters and, notably, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign — the "Mothers of the Movement," and they've appeared on stages, at town halls and in the streets demanding change. The movement for black lives stands on their shoulders, and their words have provided devastating proof that America isn't all that different from the society that called for change in 1955.
But it's an unforgiving battle, one that no mother wants to wage. Instead of advocating for the worth of their children's lives, these women would rather be mothering the children they brought into this world. Here, in their own words, several loved ones explain how they'd prefer to spend their time.
In their own words, the loved ones of #TrayvonMartin, #AltonSterling, #EricGarner, #SandraBland and others explain what they'd rather be doing with their loved ones — if they hadn't been the victims of senseless violence.
What will this new administration do to change things?
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
no, the issue is the police
No, the problem is the murderous, thieving, THUG kids/young adult blacks, whose mothers never taught them how to behave and are now trying to make lots and lots of money offc their dead progeny.
It’s a fake issue, but it’s an issue :)
Nice :)
I’ve pre ordered three copies of the book :)
If their hommies didn't get tired of their antics and pop a cap in their keester.
LOL...you really need to add the /s, to your posts, when needed.
It is a disgusting travesty that the name “Emmitt Till” is uttered in the same breath as St. Trayvon of Skittles or Sandra Bland. Disgusting.
I have a dream... where a person can burglarize a neighborhood without some creepy ass cracker noticing and calling the cops.
lol
It’s a fake issue, but it’s an issue :)
For the single unwed moms in the hood having their children raised by grandmothers, having their kids shot by a cop is like winning the lottery - only the odds are much, much better
IIRC, Sybrina Fulton was NOT raising George Zimmerman’s attacker. The attacker was being raised by a step-mother.
Funny how you don’t hear the media trying to speak to her, right? I think I saw ONE interview.... and the step-mom, who DEALT with George Zimmerman’s attacker every day, wasn’t speaking about him like he was an angel/saint.
The media quickly stopped interviewing her. Hmm. I wonder why.
Pretty ####ing sick huh?
when i drove a cab, the 15 year old pregnant girls and their aunts and moms and grandma and great grandmas (who were 40 lol) all thought it was the greatest thing ever.
#### Johnson and his project.
Blacks weren’t this much of a mess before him.
Also, I’d lay big money that had any male FReeper raised trayvon from day 1, he would be in college or working a very good trade instead of in the ground.
Is a biography really needed? All threy had to do was a trading card with this stat;
Knockout Game: 1-1 ( epic fail )
Abortionists call her a "customer."
The Trayvon’s of the world generally end up in one of two places; prison or the cemetery. No future in being a punk thug with an attitude problem.
Are there exceptions? Sure but not many. The way I see it; places like Chicago are just culling the herd. The problem is they take out innocent people sometimes in the process.
You hit the ghetto loto,Honey!
I want to know why his juvie records haven’t been released.
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