When you turned on the television and saw that the Beltway sniper was
a Black man, how did that make you feel?
Personally, I was shocked!
I was so sure it would be a young white male and that I did not even
consider the fact that it could be a Black man.
A Brother? Naaaa,
Blacks do not do stuff like that. Well, I guess that's why they call
it a myth because most of us were fooled.
I felt a real sadness
because these murders were so senseless.
I just sat there shaking my
head. Dam!
But why do we take it so personal when another African American does
something so heinous?
We have all been watching the news when a
story comes on that makes you say, I hope he ain't Black!
I know
that I hoped that they had the wrong guy.
But the more information
that surfaces the more I realize that he's probably the guy.
Now his
picture is everywhere. That face represents a Black man.
Sure, not
every Black man. But we fight so hard to overcome negative stigmas
and stereotypes that we don't need another one to battle.
No one wants a person that can commit a crime of this nature to be
associated with his or her race.
I'm sure when the name Muhammad
was associated with the sniper, people thought he may have been
from the Middle East.
When his picture was shown, I'm sure a number
of Islamic people breathed a sigh of relief that it wasn't one of
theirs.
But you know what? He was shooting people of every race
and it wouldn't matter if he were purple.
If this man did what he
is accused of doing he doesn't represent anyone but himself and he
needs to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
