From Mother to Son (re-Visited) In 1922, Langston Hughes put pen to paper and the ensuing poem captured the very essence of a mothers dream...a life welcoming her son to rise on crystal stairs. It represented what every mother hoped for and many in America reasonably expect - a better life for the next generation. Today, the sheer brutality we bear witness to across this nation, from Missouri to California, continues to shatter the notion that Black mothers can dare to dream of lives for our young men free of racial profiling and unjustifiable murder. So today, I too will write to my son. I will say that if the police stop him, to: move and speak slowly, keep your hands in plain sight, answer their questions simply, yet directly, and do all that you possibly can to survive. Because life for you wont be no crystal stair until America judges you by the content of your character AND the beautiful color of your skin is no longer hated and feared. Langston Hughes is, no doubt, rolling over in his grave.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 00:00:01 +0000
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