Originally posted at YHBM on 7/9/2007.
My fellow citizens of these United States. I come before you today with a shocking revelation. Let me put aside my petty grumblings on the state of black society for you today and shed light on a truer cause—a more American cause.
We were fortunate enough to be born in a land of opportunity, a land where men and women have died in the name of our liberties. We are in a country where great orators have spoken for the propagation of these liberties unto the masses of this land, this continent and even today in the backward jungles of Iraq they fight for the dissemination of these freedoms amongst our global society.
Our nation is dedicated to the spread of truth where others would produce only lies, the provision of justice where others offer only prejudice, and freedom rather than the great tyrannies that would otherwise prosper abroad.
My Americans, we have failed in our great conquest. I am not speaking of the war on terror, terra, or Tehran. Our peaceful democracy has sullied her great name and failed at home in producing that which we wish to create amongst our future allies. In our struggle to right the wrongs for the few we have ignored the plight of the many.
I am of course speaking of the American judicial system, the greatest crime ever ignored!
60% of all inmates in American Prisons are people of color. Our prison populations have clearly shifted into the control of the non-white American; this is our country’s folly. For every 100,000 people in America it is likely that more than 3,444 of them will go to prison. Of that 3,444 there will be 2,290 Blacks. Of that 3,444 there will be 742 Hispanics. Of those 3,444 American citizens that we will place behind bars a mere 412 of them will be Whites.
The following statistic will reveal without a doubt that our prison system is in need of redress. Because we are a nation that is 81.7% white. Again I say it, we are a nation that is 81.7% white. This means that 18.3% of Americans have run amok. We have taken equality too far—or perhaps not far enough—we have been selfish, we are now guilty of the same crimes perpetrated upon our forefathers by the founders of this great nation.
It is not too late my fellow Americans. We can still turn back the clock. We can still find a means of restoring racial equality to our prisons. After all we are approaching what will surely be one of the most memorable elections of this generation. There is still time for us to take the greatest stride toward the American dream and toward equal racial representation in our prisons.
In November of 2008 we must take the right stand by putting more white faces on the stand. It is imperative that we begin to provide the same higher prosecution ratio for lower melanin holders that we grace our non-white citizens. For white people anything above jay-walking should come with a mandatory two year stay in a federal penitentiary. We need harsher sentences for lesser offenses, this is truly the first step toward prison population parity.
We have taken a great leap towards my plan already. Most recently we have seen a North Carolina District Attorney that nearly sent several Duke Lacrosse players to prison for a rape he knew they hadn’t committed. In return for this action the District Attorney himself will be served with felony charges and perhaps a short stay in prison. It is this kind of equal opportunity indictment that is necessary if we’re ever going to achieve optimal prison demographics.
My honest Americans the road ahead of us is a long one. There are many hurdles we must face before we can begin to right the wrongs of our society. Join me America. Join me and rise up to fulfill the true meaning of this country. A country where every man, woman, and child regardless of religion or creed but with increased regard to race can step up and serve a 3 to 5 year sentence for littering in a public park. Let us create an America where every white person from Paris Hilton to George W. Bush must receive the harshest penalty available for the smallest legal infraction. From here we can build a stronger, greater America.
God bless you reader and God bless America!
Cedric King writes frequently for his personal blog here. You can e-mail him at LCKv3D@gmail.com or take AIM at LCKv4.
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