Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - RE: Okafor: In Memory of George Floyd

You must be an agent provocateur.

Are you not the same person who stereotyped Black People not too long ago?

Sorry I tend to mix up my O's and A's.


GE

> On May 31, 2020, at 7:45 PM, 'O O' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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> Would a black police officer not do to GF what the white police officer did to GF? And why or why not?
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> Work
>> On May 31, 2020, at 3:13 PM, 'Pamela Smith' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you for this, Collins.
>> It said it all
>> Endearingly,
>> Endurely.
>>
>> R.I.P.
>> George Floyd
>>
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>> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020 9:24 AM
>> To: ya <yorubaaffairs@googlegroups.com>; dialogue <USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com>
>> Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Okafor: In Memory of George Floyd
>>
>> In Memory of George Floyd
>>
>> I want to breathe
>> But I cant breathe
>>
>> I could not see his face
>> His knee was on my neck
>> Life was going fast away from my soul
>> I want to breathe
>> But I can't breathe
>>
>> 46yrs ago, I learnt my first word
>> Mama! mama! mama!
>> 25th May 2020,I spoke my last word
>> Mama! mama! mama!
>> And I still pleaded because
>> I want to breathe
>> But I cant breathe
>>
>> My color was black
>> His color was white
>> My crime was black
>> His right was white
>> I still want to breathe
>> But I cant breathe
>>
>> Minneapolis is burning
>> Real Americans are angry
>> The world is shocked in disbelief
>> Because I wanted to breathe
>> But i cant breathe
>> They were four of them
>> Four messengers of death
>>
>> I saw the face of my wife
>> I felt the smiles of my kids
>> I remembered my friends
>> For their sake
>> I just needed to breathe
>> But I cant breathe
>>
>> I asked for water
>> The pain was getting more
>> My neck hurts
>> My stomach hurts
>> My eyes were closed in agony
>> My offence again?
>> My color was black
>> His color was white
>>
>> I have paid the price
>> Price of being black
>> Cry no more Minneapolis
>> I was one of the added numbers
>> My blood on that pavement
>> Will always remember that
>> I wanted to breathe
>> But I had no right to breathe
>>
>> My offence again?
>> My color was black
>> My name George Floyd
>> My crime was black
>> His color was white
>> His name Derek Chauvin
>> His right was white
>> He has the right to breathe
>>
>> I want to breathe
>> I can't breathe!
>> But someday this battle shall
>> Be over.
>> I go in peace but remember
>> 25th May 2020
>> Mama!mama!mama!
>> My last word!
>>
>> -Collins Okafor
>>
>> #ICantBreathe
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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