In a recent conversation with a group of friends, one chic shared how hard it was to explain the current events to her young 6yr old son. Although I could only imagine the difficulty in finding the right analogies to give to a kid, I empathized with her... then gave my take:
Yea, what has taken place over the last 5 days has been nothing short of crazy, bizarre and downright disrespectful, to ALL mankind. To a degree, it was unfortunate that her son had to experience history like THIS. But the flip side of it was that it was to his advantage that he got to see it... so he would never forget it. That he would know beyond a shadow of a doubt, that no matter what happens, in AMERICA, he was (and would always be) BLACK first... most times before they will even see him as a MAN.They are trying to whitewash history. Remove important facts, and alter the relevancy of the struggle. THESE events... help to affirm that history, for the younger generation. 
These younger kids have no real understanding of the struggle our grandmothers, Big Mommas, and Great-Grands went through. And they will forever be absentminded of it as long as we keep criticizing the past being brought up. When people like Nick Cannon, Wendy Williams, Stacy Dash, Snoop Dogg, and others publicly criticize black America for wanting to stay relevant, wanting White America to SAY OUR NAME and #NEVERFORGET like a new hash tag created every time a young black man is slain, it shows that there is racial division amongst the house. And we all know what a house divided will do (fall). It also gives them a subliminal thumbs up of approval, to continue to sweep under the rug the struggles, tears, and breakthroughs of our antecessors. Its is OUR job to ensure that our history is apart of AMERICA's history... both the past, present and future. So like like a journalist, someone has to give an account of what happened... but just like an eyewitness, someone has to be there, to tell it. Let's just pray that those the live the experience... also LIVE TO TELL IT.... ~Selah
