The people who committed hate crimes against our ancestors did not leave or evolve. They, instead, had children. Their ancestors promised our ancestors the benefits of citizenship and then slapped the oppressive Jim Crow Laws in their faces. They systematically destroyed African meccas like Black Wallstreet and Rosewood throughout the United States. We must never forget that these people castrated Black men, brutally killed pregnant Black women, and kidnapped and murdered Black children.
Rhetoric is simply rhetoric.
When people murder in styles resembling the brutal, savage killing styles described in documents like the Willie Lynch letter, in hopes of preserving fear, words mean absolutely nothing. James Byrd Jr. These brothers' lives have been lost in the name of Hatred and White Supremacy. In his discussion, he identifies characteristics that certain individuals possess that will not allow them to experience guilt, that promotes underdeveloped morals and ethics, disregard for appropriate behavior patterns, and causes them to ignore concepts of right and wrong. The men who beat, dragged, and inevitably murdered James Byrd Jr., killed Tyisha Miller, and many other victims had to possess such characteristics described by Wright, otherwise, this murder would not have occurred. On another note, the cycle of liberation is also in jeapordy of repeating itself.