I am ashamed of all of you that have made your money, bought your nice house, took care of your mother and family, and then turned your back on us. I am ashamed of you today. You, who drive around in a car most can't even pronounce the name of, wearing your custom made tailored suits and dresses, who live in a zip code and tax bracket high enough to make noses bleed. Those of you who get richer when we buy your music, see your movies, buy your jerseys, go to your concerts or your games, you have made an enemy out of me for I will no longer do any of these things.
I won't be going to your movies Denzel, Kevin Hart, O'Shea Jackson, Taye Diggs, Terence Howard, Morris Chestnut, Sanaa Lathan, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Michael Ealy, Samuel L. Jackson, Anthony Mackie, Forrest Whitaker, Queen Latifah, Will Smith.
I won't be buying anymore of your music or seeing you in concert Jay-Z, Beyonce, Jamie Foxx, Nas, Drake, Patti, Anita, Mary J., India Arie, Prince, Usher, Babyface, Alicia, Mos Def, 50, Kanye.
I won't be seeing you do your thing on the court Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Ray Allen, Kevin Garnet, and the rest of your league of silent cowards.
Your silence is deafening...and I am ashamed of you.
Where are you T.D. Jakes? Where are you and your Nation, Minister Farrakhan? Your silence is profound Tavis Smiley! Michael Eric Dyson! Cornell West! Where is PUBLIC ENEMY? James Brown would curse you all to your name. Sammy Davis Jr. and Tupac would do the same. Everyone is quick with a negative word about him but at least Rev. Al Sharpton is in Ferguson, Missouri, doing whatever he possibly can. Where are you Spike? Where are you Dave Chapelle? Where are you Bill Cosby? Where are you Chris Rock?
For you to be silent while the police continue to kill unarmed Black men is horrifying to me. You, who have made money off of Black people supporting and championing you, your silence Tyler Perry disgusts me.
We need to see more than a tweet, more than an instagram picture, more than a damn facebook post. How do you all not see this? SPEAK UP! SAY SOMETHING!
I am ashamed of every last one of you, those named and unnamed.
You have made an enemy out of me this day, for life.
Black, white, brown...the crickets from every corner are appalling. Politicians...silent. Religious leaders...silent. Celebrities...silent. Business leaders...silent. They can condemn Syria, Russia, Palestine...but that can't look at our countries own mess and call it out? They talk about and support human rights efforts around the globe? But not in America's heartland? ~shaking my head~
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