Laisha Harris – Conway, Arkansas – Flag Desecrator

#ericsheppardchallenge

“WWIII will be the war to end all wars, white supremacy, and the white race.”

About six weeks ago, during a campus protest, Eric Sheppard, Koven, walked over the flag and insulted Europeans. Students on campus were offended and counter-protested, which lead to him wondering how they were more passionate about him standing on fabric with muddy boots than they were when black bodies are lying in the streets. His actions went viral and the KKK posted a $50K reward for him. What people see when they look at his actions is disrespect towards fallen soldiers that fought for this country. What it really represents, is the huge “fuck you” to the white supremacist system that hide behind the flag for greed and security.

White supremacy is a global racist system that gains it’s power from enslaving all other races. Slavery doesn’t always mean in forced labor, but at home, school work, and mentally, the Europeans control your way of life. By destroying our sense of self and giving us a false God, we’re stuck on our couches trying to figure out how to make ends meet as opposed to recognizing that there is a problem. When I posted this that picture, I got comments from random, white people calling me an ungrateful, disrespectful nigger and that if I hated it so much I should leave the country. That my disrespect stretched further than police brutality and “black pride,” but that I should be ashamed of myself. Nobody that I talk to on a regular basis had anything to say, in defense. They just scrolled. Ignoring that a teacher at a local school was calling me an ungrateful nigger. Ignoring the fact that we live in a society where the protection of a fabric made in China is considered more valuable than the life of an unarmed black man, woman, or child.

It’s disgusting when I see videos of officers getting away with murder. “Fuck your breath,” is what he said. Anyone who clicked the link or saw it on television heard it. I had to erase a few sentences going on about the police brutality, but it’s nothing that I have to explain. It’s no secret police have killed over 500 people this year. Do not begin to explain to me how that is a part of life because no other country has statistics like the United States when it comes to incarceration and death by police.

What my King Koven was trying to express was that this is not the era of the scared child. There is a fire that was once bright in the eyes of black people, and through a corrupted history, that light was dimmed. The more and more they kill our innocent brothers and sisters, and publicly get away with it, that fire will start to spark again. This time, in our hearts. And that fire will fuel the desire for knowledge, and no longer will we get satisfaction from European pleasantries, going to work every day to pay unnecessary bills, while we turn a blind eye to the neighbor that just got murdered across the street.

I’m going to encourage you all to click the link above and listen to that interview. I also encourage you to read “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander. I haven’t finished it yet, but so far, it’s really good. Great perspective. Educate yourselves, Kings and Queens. The revolution is not being televised.