Go Back To Your Own Country?

President Lincoln believed that colonization or the idea that a majority of the African-American population should leave the United States and settle in Africa or Central America was the best way to confront the problem of slavery. His two great political heroes, Henry Clay and Thomas Jefferson, had both favored colonization,  both were slave owners who took issue with aspects of slavery but saw no way that blacks and whites could live together peaceably. Lincoln first publicly advocated for colonization in 1852, and in 1854 said that his first instinct would be “to free all the slaves” and send them to Liberia, an African state founded by the American Colonization Society in 1821. – History.com

I got a problem with that. As much as I love Africa, the home of my ancestors, I don’t want to live in Africa. I don’t know anything about Africa except what I read in books. I was raised in Washington DC and that’s my home. For over a century people have been trying to get the black man and woman to leave the land of their birth, which for us, is right here in America. I guess they saw that wasn’t going to work, so over the years they have come up newer and more devilish “frakanackle bull.” We all know what I’m talking about, so I will leave it for another time.

Rodolfo Rodriguez, a legal US resident and grandfather living in the neighborhood of Willowbrook, was out for his daily evening walk on 4 July when he reportedly, accidentally bumped into a woman walking along the same sidewalk with a child. The woman proceeded to shove him to the ground and hit him over the head with a brick. A neighbor called the police and caught part of the incident on camera. Four men also allegedly kicked Mr Rodriguez several times, leaving his face and torso severely bruised and bleeding. The woman continued to yell at him as well and according to the neighbor, the woman said, “Go back to your country, why are you here #$@@!” The victim’s grandson said, “How can you hurt a 92-year-old man? What kind of threat does he pose to you, for you to do this to him?” Mr Rodriguez remains in hospital with a broken cheekbone and two broken ribs. They are still looking for the perpetrators.

So that’s that. To the people responsible for this “sh!#,” and in the interest for the safety of the rest of us, “Why don’t you go back to your country!”

 

 

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