Last night marked the second night in a row that L.A. residents protested against George Zimmerman‘s acquittal after fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
There were over 200 people protesting in Leimart Park, from religious speakers to civil rights activists. However, out of all of them, a 9-year-old girl named Thandiwe Abdullah most definitely stood out the most.
She made a speech regarding the Trayvon Martin incident, as well as expressed her opinions about living in America as a person of color. Read below:
“My name is Thandiwe, I’m a nine-year old black girl and this is my third protest!I have learned that the world is not all LA-LA-LA and lollipops for black kids. I have learned that this is a brutal world.
We can’t stay in our rooms and pull the curtain to hide from it. I was not surprised when I heard they let Trayvon’s killer free. As a black child, I know that we don’t have the same rights as other people. Our next generation is already disappearing. That’s why we got to get organized. We need more young activists in the streets protesting. Otherwise the next generation will already be deceased by the time I grow up.”
It’s nice to know the future will have incredible freedom fighters like this young one in the making.
SOURCE: BuzzFeed
