Thursday, December 12, 2013
Friday, November 15, 2013
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Sign #TheLittleGirl' s Petition
Make an arrest for the rape of #TheLittleGirl in Athens, Georgia. Five years ago a two year old girl was raped.The Little Girl gave graphic details about what happened and identified the perpetrators still yet; no arrests have been made. An incident report was made.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Sign The Petition Below: Renisha McBride Was Murdered In Cold Blood As She Requested Assistance
Renisha McBride knocked on a door in Dearborn Heights, Michigan asking for help after a car accident. She was fatally shot in the back of her head while walking away.
Sign the petition found in the tinyurl below. We demand prosecution of the murderer.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Sign 14 Year Old Kyle Thompson's Petition Below.
Kyle Thompson, 14, was joking around with his buddies at Harrison High School in Farmington Hills, Mich., last March, when one of those friends grabbed a sheet of paper labeled “Hit List” out of Thompson’s notebook.
Okay, so as a high school teacher, I find it extremely annoying when my students are distracted by something that has nothing to do with our class and what we are learning. However, what happened next is unprecedented in my experience.
Thompson allegedly had a list of people he wanted to hit on the football field. He and his friends say the list was just a joke and, when their teacher wanted to take a look, they let her do so.
According to Thompson, he and the teacher engaged in what he thought was a friendly game of tug-of-war with the paper, before he eventually let go.
According to the teacher, Thompson assaulted her. She turned him in, and the police were called. Not only has Thompson been expelled for 180 days from all Michigan high schools, but he was also arrested, handcuffed, taken to the police station and charged with assault. He may face jail time if he’s convicted.
This is lunacy. Yes, this student deserved some disciplinary action for resisting his teacher's request. But arrest and a charge of assault? Has Harrison High School lost its mind? Why were the police even involved?
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Don't Eat At Racist El Potrillo Restaurants in Mississippi
Update: The manager at El Potrillo in Flowood, Mississippi has fired the racist cashier who ignored Black patron (Maati Jone Primm), to serve white customers. Ms. Primm is pleased with his actions in resolving this issue.
An Article for your consideration
Maati Jone Primm
Marshall’s Music & Bookstore
601-355-5335
At 2 pm, on October 26, 2013, I visited El Potrillo Restaurant in Flowood, MS and was the victim of a racist incident. I patiently stood in line, waiting to place a takeout order for someone else. I was second in line and when it was my turn, I was standing directly in front of the cashier who ignored me and took the check of a white woman who approached the checkout counter even though I was there before her. After she completed that transaction, the cashier reached passed me to take the ticket of yet another white customer. When I protested, she again ignored me as if I was not standing directly in front of her. The cashier finally finished with that transaction, she looks at me as if she was seeing me for the first time and asked, “Are you ready to order?” I replied, “Yes I want to speak with your manager and I want your name.”
The manager approached me and asked if there was a problem. I described what had occurred and he took my order. I also explained that the employee refused to tell me her name stating that she did not speak English and that I had then asked her in Spanish, “Como se llama?”
The manager and the cashier engaged in a conversation in Spanish in which the manager told her that I had been first and should have been served first (He had passed by and spoke to me when I entered the restaurant). He further asked the cashier why she did not tell me her name. She was nonresponsive. I informed the manager of who I am - an activist and that since neither he nor his cashier would inform of their names, I would be pursing this further with El Potrillo Restaurant Incorporated.
Black consumers, historically can look to a time not long ago, a time of segregation when whites were served first without regard to first come first serve and without respect. We were served last, having to go to the back door or just outright refused service. Those brave american-African souls who sat-in, prayed-in, and marched for not just our rights as human beings but fought for simple dignities that should have been ours without the asking. In conclusion, I want to say to all of my people, do not suffer injustice humbly-fight on. The struggle continues because as Frederick Douglass told us, “Power concedes nothing without a demand.”
An Article for your consideration
Maati Jone Primm
Marshall’s Music & Bookstore
601-355-5335
At 2 pm, on October 26, 2013, I visited El Potrillo Restaurant in Flowood, MS and was the victim of a racist incident. I patiently stood in line, waiting to place a takeout order for someone else. I was second in line and when it was my turn, I was standing directly in front of the cashier who ignored me and took the check of a white woman who approached the checkout counter even though I was there before her. After she completed that transaction, the cashier reached passed me to take the ticket of yet another white customer. When I protested, she again ignored me as if I was not standing directly in front of her. The cashier finally finished with that transaction, she looks at me as if she was seeing me for the first time and asked, “Are you ready to order?” I replied, “Yes I want to speak with your manager and I want your name.”
The manager approached me and asked if there was a problem. I described what had occurred and he took my order. I also explained that the employee refused to tell me her name stating that she did not speak English and that I had then asked her in Spanish, “Como se llama?”
The manager and the cashier engaged in a conversation in Spanish in which the manager told her that I had been first and should have been served first (He had passed by and spoke to me when I entered the restaurant). He further asked the cashier why she did not tell me her name. She was nonresponsive. I informed the manager of who I am - an activist and that since neither he nor his cashier would inform of their names, I would be pursing this further with El Potrillo Restaurant Incorporated.
Black consumers, historically can look to a time not long ago, a time of segregation when whites were served first without regard to first come first serve and without respect. We were served last, having to go to the back door or just outright refused service. Those brave american-African souls who sat-in, prayed-in, and marched for not just our rights as human beings but fought for simple dignities that should have been ours without the asking. In conclusion, I want to say to all of my people, do not suffer injustice humbly-fight on. The struggle continues because as Frederick Douglass told us, “Power concedes nothing without a demand.”
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