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Know What That Pancake Box Symbolizes

George and Willie Muse People don't understand why a pancake box is offensive because they don't know the true history of slavery. They weren't taught the true history of slavery. We weren't taught the true history. We were given brief glimpses. It was skimmed over. They don't realize that while the acts that they have read about, have seen in movies are beyond atrocious, they don't even begin to touch the even more inhumane, evil acts that were inflicted upon us. They have no clue about buck breaking. They have no clue about unnecessary amputations, the literal dissecting of our people like lab rats, the scientific experiments, the degradation of our people by flaunting them around as side show attractions or like zoo animals. Just writing this makes me want to cry, but people need to know. People need to understand what these images that they say we are too sensitive about truly represent. For ever Aunt Jemima, there is a Sara Saartjie Bartman. For every Uncle...
The only businesses losing out to the rioters and the looters are the small businesses. The big corporations,  the Targets, Wal-Marts, Best Buys, etc. they have insurance. Their asses and assets are covered. They are going to be ok. We need to be strategic in our next moves. We need to be planning instead of waiting for the next tragedy to occur. We need to be working consistently and NOT letting the whole world what our next moves will be, so that they can counter prepare. It is time. We need leaders that possess the intellectual acuity to make decisions that can get results. We need to find leaders who possess the ability to motivate us by appealing to our desires for to want better for our people,  as opposed to using anger as our main driving factor.