Learning while Black: Have you heard of Blair Holt?

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Have you heard of Blair Holt?

This child died being a hero. He gave his life for other classmates on a Chicago city bus. So many children had died before Blair. In fact, he was number 20. Why did it take 20 for them to pay attention? When a white child disappears it becomes national news. A Black boy gives his life to save his classmates and only one national network reports it. Thank God for Anderson Cooper.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/385585,CST-NWS-mitch15.article
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news&id=5295070
http://video.nbc5.com/player/?id=109760
They're offering $10,000, is that all this child is worth? Stop the violence, save our children! And demand that America puts value on the life of Black children just as they do on the lives of white children. There are too many missing Black children and too many dying to violence and they go unheard of. Racism is insidious and the media perpetuates it every time a White child goes missing.

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