And you believe this can be done through voting in the USA, correct?
*First off I'll preface my post by saying I typically never vote. Mainly because I didn't understand the impact that not voting has on my community. I've since changed my stance on voting after doing some personal research. I'm also planning to one day run for political office too.*
Voting is actually a way we can begin to gain control over our communities. But going to the ballot and casting a vote alone isn't going to solve our problems, but we absolutely need to be involved in the political landscape and I'll use the example of judges to explain my point.
In the judicial system at a state level judges are either appointed or elected. Typically if they are appointed they are appointed by an elected official. If they are elected they have to have a campaign and run for election.
Considering the power a judge holds over the lives of black men and women and the fact that judges, not juries decide what the sentence will be, we'd be absolutely
INSANE not to have our own people on those benches who will fairly judge over a case. Blacks receive the harshest sentences over every racial group in this country. Why? Because 99% of the time the judge in the case is a white supremacist who believe we are inferior.
If you want to change that, have black judges who
WE put into power to officiate over these court cases.
But we'd also need black politicians to appoint those judges.
And we'd also need black business owners to donate to these black elected officials and put them in office.
And we'd also need black consumers to consciously support black businesses every chance they get.
The group I'm working with is starting to organize around voter and political awareness. We're going to research each and every one of the elected officials in Atlanta, their voting record, who donates to their campaign, and where their allegiances lie. We'll get those people removed from office (aka all the cacs and c00ns), replace them with people that
WE financially fund and support, and hold them accountable to us for the decisions he/she makes regarding black people in the part of Atlanta we stay in.
