Editor, Commonwealth:
I understand that I’m viewed as a “nobody” due to my lack of money and social status, but I am a citizen of the United States and a child of God.
Please tell me that I’m still not the only person concerned about the many blacks who receive castrating sentences here in the Delta. The crimes are wrong indeed, and so is the amount of time they’re given.
Whites commit rape, murder and theft, too, but they are handled totally differently. We’re just a few weeks shy of 2017. Please, fellow citizens, stand for equality for all.
We will never have perfection because crime will exist until “the end of time.” I just need you all to know that our black men are not to be thrown away for 20 to 40 years like “yesterday’s news.” They have family and a chance at a brighter future as well. They are worthy, even after making mistakes in life. No one is blameless, and we are all responsible for what occurs in our city.
The only “same old story” we should be hearing is “The Christmas Story” each year. Open your eyes to what is happening. Open your mouths to those who can help make a difference. Remember: “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”
No matter how many others are blinded, or even simply don’t care, we’ve got to address this, even if we have to do it alone. Yes, “there is strength in numbers,” but I can “move mountains” with faith in the Creator who made all humans and everything your eyes can see.
Mississippi needs to stop the deception and emotional abuse of black people so this state can blossom out of the Dark Age into a New Age. Yes, it is racism to the 33rd degree. And there is hope.
No race will ever be here alone, so erase that idea. We’re stuck here together, and we need money invested in our lower communities instead of building more prisons and buying more ammunition for war. Some of these same people you’re working to get rid of may have to rescue you one day.
Sharon Hunt
Greenwood
