Why Systemic Injustice Against Black Bodies Can’t Be Defeated

Chinedu Okobi, Stephon Clark, Terrence Crutcher, are the latest to be re-assaulted

White people have done and continue to do the absolute worst when it comes to demeaning the dignity of the Black population, and these deplorable acts of unwarranted and unprovoked abuse is filtered to Black children.

We have to tolerate the emotional assault on a Black boy, who was publicly shamed by a White woman for something that’s nothing short of blasphemous.

That victimized boy is going to grow into a Black man, and his societal woes will only get much more hectic, as he bears the heavy burden of his skin color, through the daily challenges of weaving in and out of spaces in broad daylight and stark darkness, with the prayer that he will survive those harrowing encounters that are staged for his imminent demise.

But what happens when Black boys that become Black men don’t escape the jaws of death at the hands of rogue cops, who have trained themselves to shoot to kill when it comes to our Black fathers, sons, brothers, nephews, uncles, boyfriends, husbands, and friends?

How do we reconcile the terrific loss of a young Black man, who was a father to an adorable girl, and who also struggled with the…