An Open Letter to Rev. Jesse Jackson-Day 38

Happy Tuesday. I hope this is the best day of your life. Below is a letter that I wrote to Jessie Jackson. I would hope that I will hear from him with a sincere response.


Dear Rev. Jackson:

I hope this communication find you and your family in the best of health and spirit. Moreover, this letter is written to you out of a grave concern that I have for Black Americans.

I am a Black female, and I reside in South Florida. What I see happening here is a travesty. Black Americans have been denigrated to the status of third class citizens. The hispanics and other Latin American citizens have come here, a foreign land, and surpassed Black Americans in every positive category.

They have acquired economic wealth, political power, and they have an outstanding networking system in place, where they help eachother maintain this dominance.

Prior to segregation, Black people would help eachother. They were almost forced to. Black children had "role models" in their community they could emulate. These "role models" would encouraged the children and young adults to reach for their dreams. Now the children turn to rappers and many agressive atheletes.

Black males have the highest numbers of any ethnic group in prison. There are so many Black males in prison that they are building prisons to housed them faster than they are building universities to educate them. This is a national crisis.

Now let me say that I liked Michael Jackson. I pray for his children and his family, in their lost of him. But The crisis in the Black community is much more important, and I ask where are you and what are you doing about it?

Black people in South Florida are barely surviving. Many are homeless seeking shelter, wherever they can find it, and I ask you again, where are you? Did you know that the economics in South Florida is dominated and controlled by the Latinos? Do you know that we are suffering beyond your imagination? Federal and state laws are being violated here. Where are you?

I ask you Mr. Jackson, these relevant questions because I want to know. Is your absence a result of the fact that there are no cameras here? No photo opportunity?

Mr. Jackson, are you a Black leader? If yes, what are your responsibilities and duties to Black people? If no, please advise as to whom I should direct my questions and/or concerns. As I have no idea who are the Black leaders in America. As you may be aware, the Bible says "a people without vision will perish"? Is this the reason Black people are in peril?

No Leadership.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,


L. for Love
American Citizen