i think this project speaks for itself, but i'll give you some information anyway. its a long read btw. recently you might have heard about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. He was shot by two men while jogging. It was a hate crime and a racist, senseless murder of an innocent black man. It was not investigated until 2 months after he was killed. You also might have heard of the murder of George Floyd. He was killed by a policeman as he lay on the ground, unarmed and handcuffed, while the officer calmly knelt with a knee on his neck as George cried out that he couldn't breathe and pleaded, begging for his mother and suffocating, eventually dying because the officer wouldn't get off of him. He wasn't resisting, he was trying to stay alive. Say their names. They were killed in cold blood, both recently. Think of how many more innocent black people, men, women, and children, have been murdered despite their innocence. There are thousands, more than I could fit in this project. But still the violence continues. There has been a protest going on in Minneapolis. it started out peaceful, but police tear gassed and shot rubber bullets at the protesters. These people fighting for justice? they were shot at and harmed for fighting against racism and inequality. Your "president" referred to them as thugs. Are we thugs for wanting equality? Are we thugs for fighting for the men, women, and children slaughtered in cold blood? Is this what America has come to? I'm not black, but I hear you. I'm not black, but I see you. I'm not black, but I stand with you. I feel your pain and I want justice for everyone who was killed because of the color of their skin. I'm not speaking as a white savior either. I'm spreading this message because I feel strongly about it, and it's not deserving of praise or personal attention. I'm doing the bare minimum by spreading the message. No peace until there is justice. You will not be silenced. a list of some of the innocent black americans who were murdered due to discrimination against their skin color: Micheal Lorenzo Dean. Eric Reason. Christopher McCorvey. Atatiana Jefferson. Maurice Holly. Jordan Micheal Griffin. Nicholas Walker. Bennie Branch. Byron Williams. Arthur Walton Jr. Channara Tom Pheap. Patricia Spivey. Stephen Murray. Ryan Twyman. Domonique Clayton. Isaiah Lewis. Kevin Leroy Beasley Jr. Julius Graves. Marcus McVae. Marzues Scott. Rishar Hassan. Kevin Bruce Mason. Mario Clark. Jimmy Atchison. D'etrick Griffin. George Robinson. Andre Horton. Jesse Jesus Quinton. Mahlon Edward Summerrour. Charles D. Roundtree Jr. Chinedu Valentine Okobi. Antone G. Black Jr. Darell Richards. Botham Shem Jean. James Leatherwood. Joshua Wayne Harvey. Christopher Alexander Okamato. Cynthia Fields. Rashaun Washington. Anthony Marshall Green. Antwon Micheal. Robert Lawrence White. Marcus-David L Peters. Terrance Carlton. Juan Markee Jones. Danny Ray Thomas. Stephon Clark. Trey Ta'Quan Pringle Sr. Ronell Foster. Corey Mobley. Arthur McAfee Jr. Geraldine Townsend. Warren Ragudo. Thomas Yatsko. Dennis Plowden. Jean Pedro Pierre. Keita O'Neil. Lawrence Hawkins. Calvin Toney. Dewboy Lister. Armando Frank. Stephen Gayle. William Matthew Holmes. Anthony Antonio Ford. Charles David Robinson. Devin Howell. Herbert Gilbert. Thomas Williams. Aries Clark. Antonio Garcia Jr. Brian Easley. Euree Lee Martin. DeJuan Guillory. Aaron Bailey. Joshua Terrell Crawford. Marc Brandon Davis. AND SO MANY MORE. these names were taken from a list. I believe the list is from 2019-2020. THIS WAS LESS THAN 1/4 OF THE LIST. it breaks my heart that i can't get all the names down, there are so many. i will be adding more when I have time.
art is by me, message has been done before. music is "This is America" by Childish Gambino, it's a really powerful song about the reality of America, you should check it out. i love u all. stay strong <33
