No, the most dangerous place for an African American is in the belly of the US prison industrial complex, the clutches of institutional racism which evolves daily through mass media representations that use cute brown babies (like this one) to make sweeping generalizations about an entire race of people. It was as cargo on slave ships, the front lines of the Civil War, Vietnam War and the war against Jim KKKrow. Where's the large, white block print about all that? Call all the spades at the same time, that's all I'm saying.
If you want to have a conversation about saving lives, do it wholeheartedly. Crack open the wound so it can heal or breathe. If the message is about community activism, activate the community dialogue. To me, the caption may as well have read: "Say it loud, you broke and you proud."
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