THE SHAME OF IT ALL

TODAY I SHED TEARS OVER THE CITY I GREW UP IN..OAKLAND. THE PLACE WHERE I ONCE FELT SO SAFE I NOW FEEL SHAME. TODAY THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT A FUNERAL.http://www.ktvu.com/news/23280516/detail.html A FUNERAL FOR A YOUNG MAN WHOSE LIFE WAS LOST TO GUN VIOLENCE. I DIDN'T KNOW THE YOUNG MAN BUT I SHED TEARS AT THE IDEA THAT NOT ONLY WOULD SOME ONE DISRESPECT HIS FAMILY WHO WAS TRYING TO MOURN THEIR CHILD BUT I SHED TEARS FOR THOSE YOUNG MEN OR WOMEN WHO THOUGHT SO LITTLE OF THEMSELVES, OF LIFE, OF CHURCH OF PEOPLE OF GOD THAT THEY OPENED FIRE IN A CHURCH AT A FUNERAL.

ITS AS CRAZY AND RIDICULOUS AS IT SOUNDS. BUT NOW I'M ANGRY. I WANT SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING. WHERE ARE OUR LEADERS? WHERE IS OUR COMMUNITY? I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY BLACK FOLKS STOOD TOGETHER AGAINST INJUSTICE IN THE COMMUNITY. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE NOW?? IS ANYONE GOING TO STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING. WELL ANYONE I GUESS WILL HAVE TO BE ME. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO SOME OF MY SISTERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I KNOW WILL STAND WITH ME. ON BEHALF OF GOD, ON BEHALF OF OUR YOUTH ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE DON'T ACCEPT THIS, WE DON'T LIKE IT AND WE WONT SIT DOWN AND TAKE IT!! WE WILL STAND TOGETHER AS SISTERS IN LOVE. WILL YOU STAND WITH US?