If you need another reason to make another phone call or knock on another door, I don't know what else I can offer other than this...
Please see my update at the end of the diary.
The City of Laurel, Maryland was the scene of a hate crime today. A doll marked with a swastika and hate messages aimed at African Americans was found hanging in front of a predominately black church in the city today.
The greater Laurel area, for those who don't know, is made up of four Maryland counties: Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Howard. Prince Georges has a large African-American population and a total population of over one million. Laurel itself is more of a sprawling town than a city. It is an old town that retains vestiges of its Victorian days in the proper brick train station and main street that still boasts an old-fashioned meat market where you can get your beef cut just the way you like it.
The City of Laurel has not seen a hate crime like this in almost forty years. The timing of it is as despicable as it gets. It was designed to intimidate and discourage and keep the voters at home. To keep black voters at home.
Do not let that happen. Fight for those who might be scared, or apathetic, or discouraged. Fight for those who are more worried tonight about keeping warm than voting, too depressed to set the alarm clock thirty minutes early tomorrow to walk to the polls, to fed up with the ads to hear one more phone call. Fight so that no other little kid ever has to see a doll bastardized in that way. Not in Laurel, or Selma, or Albany or Gary. Not anywhere in these UNITED STATES! We won't go back no matter what happens tomorrow. Now get to the phone and fight!
Here is an update. The President was mentioned in the hate speech that was written on the doll, a black Cappage Patch doll. Because of that, the FBI and Secret Service are investigating. The word "pickaninny" was also used on the doll, making officials think that the perpetrator is an older person. I am afraid, very afraid that we have more of this to come now that Boner, Paul, and their ilk are gaining power. That means that we have to work harder and rally around our President more, not less. Fired up, still on the go.
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