Rioting For Respect?

Dear African American Community, 

I believe at this point in time, not just us but everyone knows that if there's nothing else in this world that we will ever do for ourselves we will definitely DIE for our respect. Now the question lies, how far will we take it? because we've now allowed other races and communities to think that it's ok to harm us. However, I don't blame them...we kill each other, right? so why wouldn't other people kill us? We are just as ignorant if not more than they for this act. It's sickening to hear that a innocent young black man was gunned down by a police office and killed. Just like everyone in St. Louis I was in enraged with anger as well for first myself being a African American female but also to know that things like this are still happening and yes indeed racism is very much still alive and well. 

I cannot imagine nor even understand how his mother must feel on that day seeing her unarmed 18 year old son laying in the middle of the street face down drenched in blood. I just can't fathom the idea of such. I do imagine though, the level of embarrassment and discernment that she must have felt when what was suppose to be a candle-light service held for someone in respect and concern not only for  justice of Mike Brown and the many others who had fallen due to police and racist crimes but also to stand together for the black community turned into a full blown riot. It's interesting to me that we still fight violence with violence. I believe we learned many, many, many years ago way before our time that fighting wouldn't fix the problem but create more problems. Which makes matter worse is that all this took place in their own backyard. Why must we destroy where we lay to prove a point? haven't we already shown that time and time again only to have nothing to show for our actions? In all honesty...we look stupid. 

Why don't we join together or at least show that we stand up for each other without violence. We don't have to like each other or agree on everything but lets put our pride aside and stand up for someone who in this case couldn't stand for themselves. Let's shock America, do the unthinkable.. stand together in peace FOR justice? is that to hard to ask from the black community? is that to hard to ask for on the behalf of Mike Brown?