BY TONY KWAME ANSAH, JR.

The irony of an isolated event magnified to a modern day lynching phenomenon in less than 24 hours. We went from Black Power to Black Lives Matter. History has revealed its bad and ugly sides too many times. Thus, it’s not all good, especially in brown and black neighborhoods. There’s a disproportionate chance that those who protect and serve will have a life to death encounter with civilians of melanin. We all have skin and some are thicker than others and some are darker than others. If we’re kin, then complexion doesn’t matter. The heart, mind, and soul need not be abused, battered, or bruised like the body. Genetically speaking, we’re all somebodies’ offspring. That’s, Children of Reconstruction & Integration in the land of North America. Justice for all and not a privileged percentage is the mantra to scream, shout, and sing out loud. The system is in need of demolition because what was built is overdue for renovation. It’s only a matter of time that true change shall come in positive abundance, and we all look forward to that in the near future. Four centuries are more than enough dehumanization, especially since people of melanin were first to be born and raised on planet earth. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. What goes around comes back around full circle. The tables shall eventually turn back to humanity and put shame to brutality in the court of human rights. It’s great to see society unite on the reality that Black Lives Matter. Unfortunately, it took tragedy for us to see massive social engagement as a symbolical sign of solidarity for a great cause. Salute and round of applause to all involved in the movement for the betterment of humanity!

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Tony Kwame Ansah, Jr., a first-generation American of Ghanaian descent, is an author, entrepreneur and an activist living in Rhodes Island.