I would be unjust to not speak today about liberty. To address you in the spirit of Frederick Douglas, and ask where is liberty for Puerto Rico on this day of celebration. Why are United States citizens denied the right to vote, or to be represented in Congress on this day of Independence. Where is their independence… There is a tide of intolerance today that demands the scorching irony be addressed. It is not light that is needed, but fire, when we see the blatant hypocrisy of this United States has created worldwide, by demanding injustice be the status quo and that in their celebrations they mask their adornment of dictators. It is no secret that the National anthem itself is racist, as well as the Fourth of July, when we as Africans in bondage, shackled and beaten were asked to celebrate freedom, and liberty..for over a hundred years while enslaved, it was and is a very sick reminder of the disconnect and mockery of African Lives, and Natives Lives, Mexican Lives and indeed life itself. I dare say it is ungodly and savage to revel in a dream that is a nightmare for the masses of Africans that have stood watch as you boast of democracy, when to this day it is washed in elite corruption. Don’t delude yourself into thinking your free, when our grand mothers are insulted who were torn from their children to breast feed the slave masters. Who today our Fathers and brothers are torn from their children to work for pennies in the US correction system. It would be unjust not to speak of Life, Liberty and Justice for all, in this cruel joke of a nation in denial of their addiction to depriving the poor and to this day refuses to address their own human rights violations internationally. The World watches the savagery of the US and awaits its accountability and attendance in the subject of Racism or Human Rights. The U.S. is no party to Liberty and Freedom internationally or nationally. All of Nations known as the United Nations, await to see when the USA really believes these ideals for all, or a select few. In the Spirit of Frederick Douglas I speak, a patriot and voice of the voiceless, not to debate. To speak of the irony, that perhaps has been hidden by pool side bbq’s, and religious and nationalistic rhetorics, and fireworks, that freedom isn’t free. What will we do for Freedom…?
