By June Boyd
Guest Column
There is something gnawing at my heart. As a 60-year-plus politician and activist, there is something horribly wrong in our country.
I am not a woman of wealth; however, I am a woman of character, strength, wisdom and knowledge who loves her community. My family and friends are in support of what needs to be done relative to the dismantling of every facility representing Black history, or anything involving African Americans in this country by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
If you had not noticed, systematically and slowly on a daily basis, they are attempting to destroy any part of Black history and the existence of DEI which is the basic fairness through diversity, equity and inclusion. These people have ordered any facility that has utilized the philosophy of DEI must stopped and they are threatened if not in compliance.
The most disturbing issue; around four or five days after Donald Trump was elected, a suspicious text landed on the cell phones of a number of African Americans across the country, including teens, telling them to get ready to be picked up by a van that would take them to the plantation into slavery and to pick cotton.
HOW DARE HE?
I am talking about Elon Musk because if the spirit speaks and tells you something; listen
My awakening into politics really began in August of 1988, when I was a delegate for the Rev. Jesse Jackson for president. At the Democratic convention, as he gave his nominating speech, it was one of the most powerful I had ever heard. It was about a quilt, and what it represented.
I witnessed a Caucasian male elected official in tears as I heard him say “He would be President if it were not for his race.” Rev, Jackson gave us all a message of determination, realization and what it meant to be qualified, but not accepted. With dignity, he advanced as a candidate.
Now, it is time for all of us; the over 48.3 million African American men, women and children in America to call on the honorable and powerful attorney, Benjamin Crump, and encourage him to file a class action lawsuit representing all of us, and the recipients of the text against Elon Musk and Donald Trump for attempting to destroy our history, existence and heritage.
The monetary amount should be determined by Mr. Crump, but enough to reward those who received the texts at least $1 million. If Elon Musk could give that amount to some voters for supporting Trump and other issues, he must pay up.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, ACLU and all the civil rights units in America must press for this action. Apartheid will not succeed in America any more than it did in South Africa. Donald Trump and Elon Musk must know we will not tolerate their attempt to destroy our existence, our history, and the memories of those civil rights leaders gone before us and what they fought for. There should also be legislation to stop Trump for continuing to dismantle our legacy.
Together, those two people are in the process of attempting to destroy the very fabric of African American society and what we mean to this country, and what we have contributed. There are too many of us to let this destruction continue. There is power in numbers and, for once, every one of us needs our voices heard.
We shall overcome, and move forward together. This is for our children and their opportunity to maintain our history for generations to come.