MESSAGE TO THE OPPRESSOR DURING A LEGAL LYNCHING

This is a statement delivered by Cornell Lewis on July 1, 2013 to members of management at Connecticut Juvenile Training School and Department of Children and Families. On this day management decided to terminate Cornell Lewis on certain dubious charges in order to silence his activism. After being on paid administrative leave for one year the leaders decided to strike. Cornell gave this speech after being fired in opposition to the farce he had just witnessed. This is the speech as it was presented, no attempts were made by this blog to correct it in any form.

STATEMENT TO DCF PRE-DISCIPLINARY HEARING
 505 HUDSON STREET HARTFORD, CT – JULY 1, 2013, 1:30PM
                                    8TH FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM

I WANT TO THANK THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES [AFSCME] UNION FOR BEING HERE TO REPRESENT ME. “A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED.”

THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ASKED ME TO COME HERE TODAY FOR A REASON. THE STATED REASON IS TO ADDRESS NEGLECT OF DUTY CHARGES AGAINST THREE YOUTH SERVICE OFFICERS FOR NOT SEEING TWO RESIDENTS GET INTO A FIGHT.

 FAIR ENOUGH.

I THINK HOWEVER THE REAL MOTIVE FOR ME BEING HERE IS OLD AS AMERICA AND BITTER AS WORMWOOD.

DCF/CJTS WANT TO SILENCE A BLACK MAN FOR HAVING THE UNMITIGATED GALL TO POINT OUT PERCEIVED BIASES OR INJUSTICES TOWARDS EMPLOYEES OF COLOR. DCF  DATA DESCRIBES 66% OF ALL DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS ARE AIMED AT EMPLOYEES OF COLOR; WHILE PEOPLE OF COLOR MAKE UP 45-47 % OF THE WORKFORCE.

WHAT CANNOT BE FATHOMED IS HOW DCF/CJTS ARE POISED TO USE POWER TO CRUSH THE LIVELY HOOD AND FAMILIES OF TWO INNOCENT EMPLOYEES, AND THEN FINALLY GET RID OF THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE- THE BAD NEGRO. THIS PROCEEDING IS NOTHING MORE THAN A LEGAL LYNCHING OF A BLACK MAN. AND LYNCHING OF PROBLEMATIC BLACK MEN –USING POLICY AND PROCEDURE IS SOMETHING DCF HAS CRAFTED INTO A FINE ART FORM.

IN CLOSING PLEASE DO NOT THINK THIS STATEMENT IS OUT OF ANGER TOWARDS YOU.  I UNDERSTAND THAT DCF/CJTS HIERARCHY REPRESENTS A TYPE OF UNBRIDLED POWER THAT IS ABLE / WILLING TO HANDLE PROBLEMATIC BLACK MEN IN THAT TIME HONORED TRADITION – SILENCE THEM.

 I DO NOT UTTER THESE WORDS HATEFULLY.

MY INTENTION IS TO PENETRATE, ILLUMINATE, AND LACERATE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SOME, WHO PREVARICATE FROM THE TRUTH.