THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS BLACK LIVES MATTER ISSUE IN CONNECTICUT

In recent weeks there has been a rush to march in the streets of Hartford over deaths of black men [ Eric Gardner.. Michael Brown ] at the hands of law enforcement officials. Moderate Negro leaders and their allies made sure the media saw them marching, singing, praying and leading a patriarchal event that literally contained the rage of people seeking justice. However why have these self proclaimed leaders not taken the initiative to really strike at the heart of an established bastion of white supremacy in Greater Hartford ? For years the Department of Children and Families has faced lawsuits, protests, petition campaigns, and lawsuits over covert and overt racism toward employee of color; 66% of all DCF terminations are aimed at black or Latino men. Yet these ethnic groups only account for forty five per cent of DCF's employment base.

It goes without saying that there is no need to look for injustices against people of color other than DCF or it's satellite Connecticut Juvenile Training School in Middletown, CT. For at least five years stories emanated from CJTS about white employees calling residents of color " porch monkeys" or activists launching a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against CJTS. However moderate Negro leaders march all around the issue of whether to target DCF or CJTS for militant social action. Seems to this writer there is plenty of racial animus at the two facilities named above : members of the press certainly weighed in on what racism / bias going on in such facilities. Yet no hue or cry from those Negroes -preaching about a Beloved Community as espoused by Martin Luther King- about how to address racism within DCF and CJTS.

Why wait for more black and brown bodies to die at the hands of police officials or over zealous men like George Zimmerman before Negroes decide to protest. What goes on daily at the DCF Plantation certainly targets men of color plus destroys black lives spiritually, economically, mentally and socially. And still we wait on the moderate marching religious leaders and allies to see something odious right before their eyes.

It well could be these leaders do not want to acknowledge racism within the DCF Plantation. If leaders see it they might have to confront it, and at this juncture that is not something they want to do.