The Vote

A message about the vote in inner city

THERE IS A SAYING, THE VOICE BOX, THE BALLOT BOX AND THE BOX!

THAT BOX DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO THE BLACK VOICE TODAY

THAT BOX DOES NOT INCLUDE THE BLACK LIVES TODAY

THAT BOX IS SO PRICEY THAT IF WE DON’T HAVE THE MONEY WE REMAIN INVISILBE AND VOICELESS

WE IN OUR INNER CITIES HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO VOTING FOR PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE OUR BEST INTEREST BECAUSE WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO LIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO COME WITH GOOD TALK BUT IDEAS THAT LINE UP THEIR POCKETS

VOTING STARTED OUT GOOD

VOTING STARTED OUT HAVING US IN MIND WHEN WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH

VOTING STARTED OUT WITH US INCLUDING US

VOTING STARTED OUT WITH US VALUING US

VOTING INCITED AN UNDESCRIBED UNITY

VOTING USED TO SAY THAT WE UNIFIABLY WANT AND WE IN UNITY GOT

FROM LYNCHING US TO ERASING FROM OUR HISTORY FROM THE CURRICULUM TO LEGISLATING POVERTY AND WORKING US BACKWARDS WHEN WE THINK OF “LOCAL” ELECTIONS,W E LOOK INWARDLY, WE LOOK LOCALLY, WE LOOK AT THOSE WHO HAVE THE MEGAPHONE BUT LIVE A WHITE LIFE AND WE THINK TO OURSELVES, WHAT’S THE USE?

THE POWER OF OUR VOICE, OUR INALIENABLE RIGHTS, LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS IS NEVER ATTAINABLE FOR BLACK AND BROWN FOLKS IN THIS COUNTRY.

YES, IT WAS ONCE OUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, RIGHTS AND DUTY TO BE CIVICALLY ENGAGED UNTIL THEY ALLOWED THE KEYS TO BE FREELY PLACED IN THE HANDS OF THOSE HWO KNEW BETTER AND HAD MORE TO ENTER INTO THOSE PEARLY WHITE GATES, AND THEY DETATCHED, AND ABANDONED US SO FOR THOSE WHO DON’T SEE IT AS BEING MUCH OF AN ISSUE TO VOTE, DO YOU BLAME THEM?

YES, POLITICS IS TRICKY, NASTY, DEADLY AND UNJUST ON PURPOSE.  THERE WAS A REASON WE WERE TO BE SILENT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

THE BEST WAY TO OPPRESS A PEOPLE IS TO GET THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE NO POWER.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW POWERFUL WE REALLY ARE, LOOK AT THE EXTENT THEY WILL GO TO OPPRESS, KEEP US IGNORANT, BELIEVING IN THEM, DISENGAGED AND DETATCHED.

AS I REFLECT ON THIS PAST ELECTION ON APRIL 4^TH, 2017 AND THE VOTER TURN OUT, IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR IGNORANCE IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR POVERTY, IT IS BECAUSE OF YEARS OF BEING LIED TO, DISAPPOINTED, AND FAILED THAT WE NO LONGER SEE A NEED TO CAST A VOTE.

WE NO LONGER HAVE FAITH IN THOSE WHO RUN AND SERVE US.

THESE CANDIDATES ARE ONE AND THE SAME, THEY CARE NOTHING ABOUT THE POOR, MARGINALIZED AND DISENFRANCHED, AT ALL!