Slater Hayes Podcast

"A Chosen Vicious Cycle"

July 31, 2022 Herman Veal Season 1 Episode 14
Slater Hayes Podcast
"A Chosen Vicious Cycle"
Show Notes



This piece...
"A Chosen Vicious Cycle" was originally published on 04-25-2021.

I republish it today in memory of Brianna Marie Grier. A victim of this continuing cycle. Imagine...she slid to her death from the back seat of a moving police cruiser.

Frederick Douglas in his historic speech, "What the Black Man Wants" delivered before the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society, just days before the end of the Civil War, recognized that the Black man is faced with many obstacles.

Though his words during that speech are primarily associated with "suffrage"-they can be utilized to address the myriad obstacles with which we are subjected during OUR experience.

Chief among those obstacles is the prevalence of a " malignancy of hatred' that is being projected upon us by generation after generation of whites.


We, as a people, must recognize that silence regarding those things, and actions that rob us of our inherent rights, must be addressed at the time of their occurrence. Too often we assume that someone else will address the issue and it is allowed  to fester and evolve into something that far exceeds its' life expectancy.

Ruminate on the following...
" No class of man can, without insulting their own nature, be content with any deprivation of their rights". (F. Douglas-"What the Black Man Wants", 1865
)


OUR SPIRIT LIVES!!!


PEACE!!!






-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The frequency with which there is a physical assault on my people is now, oftentimes, viewed as routine within our community(ies). The abhorrent actions perpetrated against us oftentimes goes without punishment and sadly is eventually forgotten. This is primarily due to the occurrence of an oftentimes more horrific act against one of our own.
It is almost as if there is a concerted conspiracy to commit heinous acts in order to overshadow another.

"A Chosen Vicious Cycle"

is my attempt to call out the perpetual continuation, by some, to continue an enduring legacy of hatred.
We have to be resolute in our commitment to not allow any of the crimes committed against us to go unresolved.
The actions of a number of the perpetrators are unmistakably intentional.
We cannot allow the unrepentant perpetrators of these cowardly acts to continue to go unpunished.
WE CANNOT DISHONOR OUR LOVED ONES BY FORGETTING!!!

PEACE!!!