R.I.P JOSHUA SIMMS

Words can’t express a mother’s pain when her child is lost. Lost to the senseless violence and killings that are frequent amongst young black men today in America. Today I asked myself, why, and if not why how. How can we help, how can I help, is it worth the energy, will people listen? I am sure that it is worth the energy, to save what many are calling an endangered species; the young black male in America. A close friend asked me yesterday, why do you write, what is at your core? I didn’t know how soon I would be able to show her my answer rather than tell her. Why you ask, because that picture above us, that young man’s soul prayerfully resting in heaven could have been me. It can be any one of us who walk this earth searching for a better way. And because it could be us, might be us, this is even more reason why we must stand against the death of our people.

What are we teaching our children?

Below are two separate youtube videos showcasing how much we have failed our children of all races. We need to begin a dialogue about how to reclaim our youth and stop the senseless violence that goes on throughout this nation. Ironically, its hard to teach children that violence is not the way when they live in a country that attempts to “punk” every other country they have problems with. Just my thoughts!

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