Calling Black Celebrities (For Neli Latson, please set him free)

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Leroy
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p nbsp;/p p Itrsquo;s all about overcoming or a cure/p p Seeing it as a tax ride off as they throw/p p Thousands to a cause that they r not sure/p p Raising money for only one side of the story/p p nbsp;/p p Musicians putting on charities/p p For big time foundations/p p Got spent on salaries/p p Feel good documentaries/p p All about I not the community/p p nbsp;/p p Black celebrities cashing in on opportunities/p p Bigger microphones, span data-scayt_word="bling" data-scaytid="4"bling/span span data-scayt_word="bling" data-scaytid="5"bling/span got the camera/p p Pulling strings to make important phones ring/p p Because Autism hit their families/p p nbsp;/p p They are still shelter from every day reality/p p But want Beverly Hills to care/p p Some become a spokesperson with nothing to say/p p Causing more bad than good/p p Taking up space for more face time/p p nbsp;/p p Brothers Sisters can we talk for real/p p Whatrsquo;s on peoplersquo;s minds/p p Let us educate you/p p Whatrsquo;s really going on/p p nbsp;/p p Wersquo;ve bigger fish to fry/p p Our Black disabled young men are doing unfair time/p p Wrongfully incarcerated segregated/p p Disability is not the problem/p p Attitudes hinders her/him/p p nbsp;/p p In the lost-n-found is his IEP/p p Dig up after he was profiled/p p Police the span data-scayt_word="D.A" data-scaytid="1"D.A/span. trying to bury his identity/p p So where are the Black celebrities for span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="6"Neli/span/p p nbsp;/p p There is no law/p p That says you canrsquo;t sit on a libraryrsquo;s lawn/p p span data-scayt_word="Neli’s" data-scaytid="8"Nelirsquo;s/span mother writing letters to Black leaders/p p They are too far up/p p Climbing that ladder/p p nbsp;/p p No answers/p p From big names/p p Small donations funding this campaign/p p While the span data-scayt_word="D.O.J" data-scaytid="2"D.O.J/span flip-flopping/p p span data-scayt_word="Neli" data-scaytid="7"Neli/span is lock down in sever pain/p p nbsp;/p p This is only one case/p p Why do we have to get in your face/p p To show u raw discrimination base on disability race/p p Your involvement might be too late/p p If we have to wait until it happens to your family/p p nbsp;/p p One last call/p p To Black celebrities the Black community/p p To step up to injustice from police brutality/p p To profilingnbsp; to hate crimes to rape, understand/p p If you donrsquo;t answer, blood will be on your hands/p p nbsp;/p p Itrsquo;s not all about you/p p The love of a mother/p p People power has great numbers/p p And longer lasting than anything in Hollywood/p p But just wonder what we can do together/p p nbsp;/p p By Leroy Moore/p p 8/4/11/p p strongPARDON WRONGFULLY CONVICTED AUTISTIC YOUTH, span data-scayt_word="NELI" data-scaytid="9"NELI/span span data-scayt_word="LATSON" data-scaytid="10"LATSON/span!/strong/p p http://span data-scayt_word="www.change.org" data-scaytid="3"www.change.org/span/petitions/span data-scayt_word="pardon-wrongfully-convicted-autistic-youth-neli-latson" data-scaytid="11"pardon-wrongfully-convicted-autistic-youth-neli-latson/span/p
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