Professor Hip-Hop Cries Out Against Capitalist Oppression

This story caught my attention. There were protests in St. Louis after the grand jury failed to indict the policeman who shot Michael Brown.
At the Manchester Wal-Mart, about two dozen people chanted ‘no justice, no peace, no racist police’ and ‘no more Black Friday’ after officers warned that protesters risked arrest if they didn’t move at least 50 feet from the store’s entrance, then began advancing in unison toward the protesters until they were moved further into the parking lot.
The mostly black group of protesters chanted in the faces of the officers – most of whom were white – as shoppers looked on.
We want to really let the world know that it is no longer business as usual,’ said Chenjerai Kumanyika an assistant professor at Clemson University. He added although part of the aim in disrupting Black Friday was to call attention to disagreement with the grand jury’s decision and the way the case was handled, Kumanyika said it was also to highlight other forms of injustice.
‘Capitalism is one of many systems of oppression,’ he said as the group cleared out of the parking lot.
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This post was published at Tea Party Economist on November 28, 2014.