Where's All The Support For Nia Wilson, Like It Was For Junior?

Before I get started on this blog post, if you're sensitive and can't respect other people opinions then this post is not for you. Let me say both Nia & Junior deaths are very tragic and I sincerely hope both victims receive justice. The point of this post is not to divide but to honestly point out the truth about how us Black people have a good heart, so good that we support those who honestly really don't support us. 

What made me feel this way? Apparently I am not the only one who feel this way. I have seen the same question being asked by other African Americans about where is the same energy for us that we had for them, and it was literally silence, and then you had comments like this one below: 

 

The above comment which was left on Instagram is clearly not true and a very uneducated statement, that racist like to use against us Blacks when we point out the truth.

PROTEST IN CHICAGO AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE -- CLICK HERE TO READ 

PROTEST IN WASHINGTON AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE --  CLICK HERE TO READ 

PROTEST IN MICHIGAN AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE -- CLICK HERE TO READ

That's just a small list, and keep in mind we didn't just talk about gun violence, we talked about us killing each other and called for peace. I wish people would start doing a little more research before opening their mouth or shall I say typing? This type of thinking is the number one argument a racist always use in attempts to win an argument about black on black crime and just in general, because we know white on white or hispanic on hispanic crime doesn't exist, right? (sarcasm....)

I have also been doing some research about Racism towards the African American community by the Latino community and found some interesting information:

It seems there is this idea that Latinos in the US, as a minority, are incapable of committing acts of racism or discrimination, including in incidents involving two Hispanic people. However, racist attitudes do exist within the Latino community, and one of the targets are African-Americans.

The topic has been examined before, and emerged once again due to recent events in which people of Hispanic origin have committed crimes against African-Americans, such as the case of vigilante George Zimmerman who killed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, or police officer Jeronimo Yanez who shot Philando Castile at point blank range during a traffic stop in 2016. Both men were acquitted of charges.

The most recent incident in Charlottesville, Virginia, involves a Hispanic person as well: Michael Ramos, who was identified as one of the alleged assailants of Deandre Harris, a 20-year-old African-American man. Once identified on social media, Ramos posted a video stressing that he is not racist because he is “Latino and Puerto Rican.”

Given these incidents, how do Hispanics approach the issue of racism? For Mai-Elka Prado, co-founder of the Afro-Latino Festival in New York, it is not something specific to the Latino community. “The problem is that it is not exclusive to Latin America, it is global,” she said in an interview with Global Voices.

Prado pointed out that the issue of racial discrimination between Latinos and people of African descent is not something new. “Conversations have been going on for more than 50 years, [so] my festival puts a lot of emphasis on that topic. This topic involves political, spiritual and cultural aspects.”

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In reality we support those who don't support us. It would be nice if we all can just support each other, since overall if you have brown skin you are automatically a target, however if you're light skinned  with a superior mentality (also known as colorism), then this is where the problems come in at and you get comments like I posted above. Bottom line 'we' as African Americans need to stick together and learn to support each other more before we support anyone else.  We heard Amara La Negra talk about the colorism she faced from other Latinos, which is very sad. So in conclusion, we going to need everyone to keep that same energy you had for Junior for Nia. It would also be nice if the Hispanic community showed more support, especially when the African American community have been very supportive and outspoken, even through the immigration crisis.