In 1976, Rastafarians were one of the most violated, persecuted groups in Jamaica. They could be beaten within an inch of their lives, or detained for two years, just for being found in a 'proper' neighbourhood.
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The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
Many instances of persecution and killing have occurred in countries with atrocious human rights records such as Sri Lanka, Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
Black boys became criminalized. I was in constant dread for their lives, because they were targets everywhere. They still are.
The only times an Afro-American who was assaulted got away has been when he had a gun and used it in self-defense.
Rap actually took root in the Negro community, and then in the Hispanic community, long before it impacted on the larger American community as a whole.
I was imprisoned in Missouri in 1854 for preaching the gospel to Negroes, though I was never subjected to violence.
South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.
There is a genocide that is taking place among black men, in particular young black men, but it is not a genocide being perpetuated by white cops, by the Nazis, or by the Klan. Unfortunately and tragically, it is being perpetuated by other young black men.
In the Caribbean islands, especially in Jamaica, have I found a country similar to South Africa plus the racial freedom I had sought so long.