The Civil War Of Violence On Black Women And Their Children Continues

Repeatedly on the blog What About Our Daughters, people have criticized the blog's founder and those of us affiliated with her blog of having unrealistic expectations about expecting any of the presidential candidates to speak out on the violent gang rape and assault case that occurred at Dunbar Village in Florida. Well, today more than ever, I am completely behind Gina and her conviction that we as black women have the RIGHT and the OBLIGATION to demand that these politicians pay attention to the increasing dangerous and unlivable conditions of African American women and their children.

I was enraged, heartbroken, and saddened when the equivalent of Dunbar Village occurred in the state I live late yesterday evening. Gina Hunt, 24 and her son Jordan, 23 months, Hunt's friend, Andrea Yarrell, also 24 and her 4 month-year-old daughter, Charlii, were shot multiple times by two men in their own home. There are no suspects in custody, but Marion County Sheriff Frank Anderson vowed, "Whoever is responsible for this, we're going to track you down like dogs, We're not going to stop until we find you and put you in a cage where you belong."

From reading the various news reports, this case sounds drug-related. I'm not sure if the women were involved in drugs, but clearly someone connected to them may have been. And whether this case is drug-related or not, matters not to me. What kind of world are we living in that someone, anyone, could shoot a woman holding her child in her arms? Not only does it seem that black women's lives don't matter, clearly the lives of their children are worth even less. This case should be national news, the cowardly thugs that committed this awful crime should have absolutely nowhere to hide, no safe haven.

Considering this terrible new case and the fact that an arrest has been made in the Stepha Henry case, bringing that missing persons case to the dreadful conclusion that its now a murder case, I have had enough.

This my line in the sand.

I will report on this case until someone is caught and brought to justice. We, as black women cannot and should not allow people to believe that they can destroy us without a word being spoken or any action being taken. These women and their children were on this earth, someone loved them, they loved each other. We owe them more than being remembered as victims of violent inner city crime. They need to be remembered as black women who struggled to make a place for themselves and their children in this world. Their children need to be remembered as little ones that did not get the chance to experience this world.