ANTI-RACISM PETITION

Prudence indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms of evil to which they are accustomed. But when a centuries long series of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evidences a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to seek redress from Racism and Discrimination in the United States.

We, the People, hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these Rights are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness!

Governments are instituted among Men to govern fairly and justly, That whenever any Form of Government becomes negligent of treating all its citizens equally, it is the right of people being abused, to Petition that Government to perform its duty with principles most likely to effect Safety and Happiness for all citizens.

The ancestors of African Americans did not voluntarily immigrate to the English Colonies of North America or the United States. Africans were captured in raids and sold into slavery. These Africans and their descendants were enslaved here for 247 years. During the slavery period in the English Colonies of North America 1619-1776 and roughly half the states of the United States from 1776-1865, enslaved African Americans were tortured and terrorized beyond imagination by slave owners while they received no payment or compensation for their labor other than a minimum subsistence.

During the period of slavery wages that should have been paid to enslaved African Americans instead went straight into the pockets of slave owners and in the coffers of the English Colonies and later into the Treasury of the United States Government.  In a large measure, the funds generated by the labor of enslaved African Americans established the economy English Colonies in North America and continued to make a significant contribution to the economy and infrastructure of the United States. The labor of enslaved African Americans also was a significant contributor to the economies of nearly all Western European countries!

African Americans have been discriminated against since their introduction into the English Colonies of North America in 1619 right up to this hour.  Today African Americans are systematically being denied fair treatment in all aspects of social life activity in the United States, including equal opportunity in education, the judicial system, and the work place.

In our view it proves to be nearly impossible for African Americans and other dark race individuals living in the United States, to receive just treatment under the present racist and discriminatory practices of the Judicial System in the United States. We therefore present this ANTI-RACISM PETITION to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.