Sunday, April 6, 2008

Woman Sets Self on Fire to Protest Racism

I came across this information on another blog (found here).

Apparently, this woman had recently become bankrupt and the victim of institutionalized and personal racism. I can't find a news story to contribute an accurate portrayal of events.

What I found an important contribution was the comments below, especially that of theblacksentinal here. He was responding to someone who said that her actions were "beyond drastic":

Beyond drastic. Have you ever had to suffer day after day with the type of berating, racism, slander, ill treatment that this lady and millions of other blacks do daily? If not then you could not possibly know how desperate you feel to just have something make people open their eyes to what is going on.

In fact why does someone have to go to drastic measures just to be seen as a human individual with needs, wants and desires for equal treatment. Why does it seem that blacks all over this planet have to suffer the same fate at the hands of the same people whether they are in Belgium, U.S., Africa or any other nation.

I am just confused as to what the problem is that non black people are so consumed with the constant hate for those of the darker races.

I am sick as well, sick that it has to come to this for someone. Sick that equality is a joke to people. Sick that anyone has to suffer then show their suffering to the people they are living amongst who turned their head away from her suffering before this.

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This was also done by a woman in Rome.

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