The war is in the streets of America

Tifair Gillepse
Stand up and say somethng...now!

Crack cocaine running the streets while the community loses complete control.
The war is in our streets.
Spurious cops getting caught with their pants around their ankles. The war is in our streets.
Getting searched because you have a new pair of tennis shoes. The war is in our streets.
Thousands of fathers, mothers and children suffering from crack addictions every year.
The war is in our streets.
Alcohol advertisements that hit black America 70 percent harder than any other minority.
The war is in our streets.
Children heading to school, facing prostitutes, hustlers and drug addicts.
The war is in the streets.
Children left behind in the world of technology.
The war is in our streets.
Textbooks - worn, torn and outdated.
The war is in our streets.
Black infants are dying three times faster than white infants.
The war is in our streets.
Cost of medication so high our elderly are dying earlier.
The war is in our streets.
The revolving doors of the jail system turning brothers around in circles.
The war is in our streets.
Single mothers working two jobs to feed her children while having no idea what's going on in their homes.
The war is in our streets.
Fifteen-year-old girls with their bellies popped out.
The war is in our streets.
Men not taking responsibility for their actions.
The war is in our streets.
Children left to fend for themselves.
The war is in our streets.
A group that consists of 12 percent of the population yet fills over 90 percent of the jail population.
The war is in our streets.
Wrongfully convicted inmates being sent to death row.
The war is in our streets.
Mothers, sons and daughters visiting a grave of a soldier who fell short to society.
The war is in our streets.
Homicide rates higher than any other community.
The war is in our streets.

Concerned mothers, fathers, teachers, community leaders and activists are acting as the National Guard members to a community, which is in need of enhanced reinforcement.

Could you imagine your dad giving you close to nothing while he goes out and adopts another family with five more mouths to feed, and he scrapes up money to feed them and not you and your family?

Bush is our father, and he is not feeding the communities that are in need of this money. There is $87 billion being sent to Iraq? This perplexes the communities that have been asking for improved educational, housing and community funds. Does the black community have to invade white America in order to get money sent to our communities in desperate need?

Donkey or elephant, whichever one gets the job done, I'm riding on its back. We have a political system that is completely run by financial interests and not for the good of the people. Isn't that what a democracy is?

Turn your head and look the other direction while thousands to millions suffer every year from neglect.

For the war is not overseas; it's in the streets of our communities.

Stand up and say something NOW appears every Monday. Tifair is a senior in advertising. Her views do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Egyptian.

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