Chicago-based attorney and talk show host Warren Ballentine is leading an effort to initiate federal legislation for hate crimes through a National BlackOut this Friday. Ballentine and others, including Radio One talk show hosts Michael Baisden and Al Sharpton, want Americans to show their economic power by refusing to spend money all day. Ballentine’s premise is that Americans should show solidarity against present inequities against black youth and adults by the American justice system, notably against Georgia’s Genarlow Wilson, the Jena 6 and West Virginia rape and assault victim Megan Williams.
More can be read at http://thetruthfighters.blogspot.com/
Is this the first you've heard of this movement? Do you plan to participate by not spending on Friday? Have you participated in other movements like wearing all black on Sept. 20 or traveling to Jena, Louisiana?
Economically speaking, will America feel a pinch due to a 24-hour stoppage in spending? Are people conditioned to not spend money for that period of time? And are we REALLY supposed to wait until Saturday to see the new Denzel movie?
Feel free to answer one or all of these questions, or present your own as AULYP joins the blogosphere.
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Monday, October 29, 2007
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