Treyvon Letter From Sinead O'Connor

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    I would like to extend my very deepest sympathies to the family and other lovedones of murdered teenager, Treyvon Martin. I am very sad today (and am certain thewhole of Ireland is) to learn of poor Treyvon's terrifying ordeal and horrified by thefact his known and named and admitted killer has not been arrested, despite thecrime having taken place a month ago. This is a disgrace to the entire human race.

    For those out there who believe black people to be less than pure royalty, let me

    inform you of a little known, but scientifically proven, many times over, FACT. Whichafter reading, you will hopefully feel both very stupid and very sorry. For you dishonoryour own mothers and grandmothers.

    EVERY human being on earth, no matter what their culture, creed, skin colour, ornationality, shares one gene traceable back to one African woman. Scientists havenamed it 'The Eve Gene'. This means ALL of us, even ridiculously stupid, ignorant,

    perverted, blaspheming racists are the descendants of one African woman.

    One African woman is the mother of all of us. Africa was the first world. You comefrom there! Your skin may be 'white'.. because you didn't need it to be black anymore where you lived. But as Curtis Mayfield said.. "You're just the surface of ourdark, deep well". So you're being morons. And God is having the last laugh at your

    ignorant expense.

    If you hate black people, its yourself you hate. And the mother who bore you. If youkill or wish ill on black people, its yourself you kill and wish ill on. As well as themother who bore you.

    When you dishonor the the utter glory and majesty of black people, you lie. Your

    heart lies to you and you let it. Despite seeing every day, all your life, how you andyour country would be less than wonderfully functioning and inspiring to the world,

    without the manifold and glorious contributions made by the descendants of Africanslaves, who did not by the way actually ask to go to America and leave their future

    families there to be disrespected for eternity.

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    What are you doing hating yourself by hating your brothers and sisters who dailyshow you nothing but inspiration and love, despite having NOTHING, in their owncountry? Despite having barely a chance of anything, because of racism. Despitebeing granted no 'permission' for proper self-esteem.

    These beautiful people continue to believe in and even manifest Jesus Christ betterthan you do. That alone could stand as the greatest reason your racism isblasphemy, were it not for all the other reasons.

    These people you hate and fear ARE the body of Christ, just as we all are. Everychild, woman or man. And they know it. Maybe thats why you cant bear to look at

    them. Because you see Jesus Christ and you cant stand the light.

    Stop this ridiculous and uneducated attitude. You would be dead without blackpeople. Think of all the greatest music ever composed. The greatest songs. Thegreatest inspirational heroes.. Muhammad Ali, Mandela, Martin Luther King,Harriet Tubman, Soujourner Truth, Bob Marley, Nina Simone, Curtis Mayfield.

    So many absolute angels, sent from God.

    Without the inspiration of these people many millions of so-called 'white' people,including myself would not have had the strength to pay the price of life.

    And black youth in America. I'm talking to you here too. I love you. So I don't meanto sound cross, I'm just being a mother.. Why are you killing each other? Why are

    you hating yourselves? You are the most important people God ever sent to thisearth, every man, woman and child among you! Don't let uneducated people win

    and take your self-esteem or your esteem for each other, and make you kill eachother. over guns, drugs, bling, or any other nonsense.

    You are now entering YOUR version of a sort of civil rights movement and you'regonna see history being made in what has certainly the profoundest potential tobecome THE most wonderful country on earth. Because soon ALL 'isms' and 'ists'

    will end. including racism, as the people of the earth begin to understand, we are allone.

    We came from one mother. We are all brothers and sisters. And we CAN get beyondthis ILLUSION of separateness. With prayer and love. It CAN change. It WILLchange. And YOU guys (young people of all kinds) are the ones who are gonnaGENTLY change it. And you know where it starts? With MUSIC.

    Don't be guided by rap. Gangsta or otherwise. Sure.. enjoy it.. adore itas I do.. but

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    realize this.. rap ain't about your civil or spiritual rights, baby boys and girls. It.. alongwith most music nowadays.. is about falsenesses and vanities. Bling, drugs, sex,guns and people- dissing. Its giving you the message you ain't 'good enough' if youdon't have bling and ting.. and money. Or if you're not what it deems 'sexy'.

    (This is true of all popular music not rap alone. I know. Its tragically true of all popularyouth culture the world over).

    Poor Curtis Mayfield must be crying all day and night ALL day and night in heaven,every day and night.. To see what has been so successfully achieved by those whosent guns, drugs, and bling to squash the civil rights movement. Now you all don't

    have to be murdered by racists any more.. you're murdering each other FOR them!And your parents and grandparents are left crying.

    Go back to strong black musical guides who left you information in the 60s and 70s.when they were living through the civil rights struggle. Curtis Mayfield. TheImpressions. Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson. Sing back the Holy Spirit ladies and

    gentlemen, boys and girls, as those artists did.

    Forget bling. Forget "Get Rich Or Die Trying". That is an evil message. Evil mydears is only life backwards. Turn it the right way up. With music. The messagesAmerican black youth are being given through music are not about the spiritual andtherefore strong and conquering but PEACEFUL making of YOUR country into thewonderful place it secretly is and can be.. BECAUSE OF YOU, and BY YOU!!

    You know not how you are adored, appreciated, valued, loved, cried for,smiled for,

    prayed for, all over the world. You know not how much inspiration and uplift-ment ofheart you give to millions just by your presence on earth.

    These musical guides will give you self-esteem. When you have self-esteem you canachieve anything. You can stand in the street as many did yesterday and changeyour country peacefully and with song. Chant down Babylon as the Rastas say.

    Rastafari will also give you self esteem. Investigate it.

    You will notice, my beautiful sons and daughters, when you study, as you must,footage of all civil rights gatherings, how singing and music and sound and voice andthe Holy Spirit were all employed and were so much part of the energy which movedthings along.. just as running was in the South African gatherings I saw on tv in myown childhood, which inspired me to survive my own horrors.

    What you listen to musically and whether or not you employ the Holy Spirit's highest

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    will for your life is whats gonna make you transcend all you're having to suffer (theworst of which is low self-esteem.. or esteem based upon material 'success' or'sexiness')) as a result of being the descendants of people who didn't ask to bestolen and leave you where you are. Delete bling. Get conscious with your music.

    Demand conscious music from your artists. Go back to the artists who left you properguidance.

    This is some serious stuff and we (all manner of musical artists) are too silent on

    matters of enormous spiritual importance. Lemme ask you.. Jayzee and Eminem etal Why was it always the black people only worked in the post rooms of recordcompanies, which was always in the basement? Why was it that as each floor went

    up the skins got paler till it was practically ghosts at the top? And all us artists.. evenme.. said nothing? Those buildings (record companies) always struck me as being amicrocosm or painting of America, racially speaking. Christ almighty.. if its like that inthe music business how is anything ever going to change?

    We, musical artists are too silent on important stuff. And it is our job to be the gate-

    keepers of truth. ALL the people of this earth must come together eventually andsee that we are one. ALL artists must stand up. Black, white, yellow, green, pink,

    polka- dot.. and be a light in these times.

    The world is going to shift massively this year.. spiritually speaking. Musical artistsare to be a massive part of that shift. Get up, lets all of us. And light Jah fire.. andBE lights.

    Where's the fire gone from music? Where is the love? the oneness? The knowing

    that music CAN and WILL move things in the right spiritual direction without hatred orviolence? We must box clever. Sing the devil to sleep at your feet. Thats what Curtisteaches. He is the master of ALL musical masters. forget, forget, forget and forget

    again bling and guns and drugs and the worship of fame and money. Its time towake up. We KNOW the power of music. Why aren't we using it to change anythingimportant?

    Musicians all over the world should now gently demand this child's killer be arrestedimmediately and the family of Treyvon Martin be immediately apologized to uponbended knee. Frankly I myself would like an apology! America is a country I loveand adore. what this man has done is un-American in the most horrific extreme.

    Him not being arrested is extremely embarrassing and does absolutely NOT paint

    the true picture of of a country and a people who for the 90% majority are thekindest, most loving, intelligent, and wonderful people you could know.

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    Please.. ALL Americans should deplore this crime. As should ALL people of ALLnations. And deplore the fact this man has not been arrested. All Irish people shoulddo the same. And I ask that we here in Ireland should express through our American

    embassy that we would like to see this man arrested this very minute. Becauseracism is not acceptable. Nor is vigilantism. And this was very clearly in no way at alla case of self-defense. The child was un armed. I know not if he was misbehaving.But a 17 year old un armed child misbehaving, whether he was or not, does not

    deserve to be shot dead.

    I leave you with some lyrics of Curtis Mayfield's which I feel are appropriate for this

    situation. I am certain Curtis would have wanted to contribute to discussion on theissue of Treyvon's murder and the condition of young black people in Americatoday.. so here goes. the song is called This Is My Country.. from the album of thesame name.

    Some people think we don't have the rightto say its my country

    before they give inthey'd rather fuss and fightthan say its my countryI've paid three hundred years or moreof slave-driving sweat and welts on my back

    This is my country

    Too many have died in protecting my pridefor me to go second classWe've survived a hard blow and I want you to know

    that you must face us at lastAnd I know you will give considerationshall we perish unjust or live equal as a nation?

    This is my country.