Praying For A Revolution

Just because I'm not in favor of rioting and looting doesn't mean I'm against the rioters. I support them and every protester because I understand our anger over the consistent brutality against us and the lack of protection from it historically for the last 400 years. Let it also be known that I am not marching either because that is complete bullshit at this point. No need to forgive my expression because I'm angry and hurt, and I'm not asking you anyway. I'm not going to march or just pray every time the authorities decide it's okay to kill us or brutalize any person for that matter and there is no justice.

Why won't I riot? Because I believe it is instigated and provoked against us as a calculated strategy that actually accomplishes less for us in the long run. It also gives others a false reason to increase their violence against us after we've calmed down and let off some "steam". I don't want to let off anymore steam, but I want us to boil over into a genuine revolution that brings permanent change first among us in our homes and local communities and then nationwide by any means necessary to insure our rights on this Earth.

Why won't I march? Because it does less than rioting and only gives you some much needed exercise while wasting time being coaxed into a docile, controlled, nonthreatening action that is acceptable to those against whom you are protesting. If the system you are protesting against supports your manner of resistance and gets to define the lines of your demonstration while sending in its own approved "Black leaders" to keep you in line and pacify you then you ain't doing nothing but taking a walk and going nowhere.

I'm going to spend my time teaching and informing our people to bring about a long overdue revolution. I know some reading this are scared and think I'm talking about physical warfare, but I'm not. I am strongly advocating self-defense against violence towards us as necessary, but not in anyway promoting ongoing retaliation or the pursuit of violence offensively. We've marched and rioted for over 50 years and the system is still beating, raping, robbing, unjustly incarcerating, discriminating, oppressing, and murdering us while others tell us to march and pray but condemn us for any other response. I'm done with that and am not going back.

Don't preach to me about going to Hell when I'm already living in it, and don't talk to me about going to Heaven if you can't bring me some like God Almighty promised while I'm here on Earth before I get up there. Don't tell me to just pray while you sit in silence, or give a meaningless emotional speech for your own publicity, or take some impotent and sterile action that accomplishes nothing at the root of the issues while I continue suffering wrong against a system of injustice and inequality. My mind is set on revolution and that's what I'm praying about.  ~ I.J. West

LUKE 4:18-19; "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19) To preach the acceptable year of the Lord."   

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