COMMENTARY: THE UNDERGRADUATE GRAND CHAPTER OFFICERS
I remember
my senior year in high school,
when Michael Brown died, in what seems like my backyard, in St. Louis, MO. I remember not understanding why the police treated Blacks so differently from others. I remember being raised in poverty but attending a predominantly white high school where for the lon- gest I was the “entertain- ment” instead of the scholar. Fast forward five years later, even more cases similar to Michael Brown have occurred and yet I’m still wondering why? Why hasn’t there been change?
Why hasn’t there been justice? Why hasn’t there been a cure to this horrible disease of system- atic racism? During the pandemic of COVID-19, the pandemic of oppression on Blacks continues to rise. But now, more than ever, is a time to stop talking and put our words to action.
Michael N. Weaver, Jr. Grand Board Member The Kentucky State University Chapter, the Alpha Upsilon of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fall 2017 Initiate
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