"Supremacy"

was home today and a man and his woman came through the door. they held a gun and said that if there was an attempt to pick up the phone, if there was an attempt to leave, if anyone were told, someone would die.  no one knew if they were going to get raped, killed, or both. it all went on for what seemed like days but it was only 13 hours. couldn't cry. the fear was too strong. prayer. all that could've been done was prayer.... prayer..... prayer....

Director Deon Taylor (the Hustle and Chain Letter) tells the real horror story of what actually happened to this California family 17 years ago. Sounds like a long time now, doesn't it? But that was only 1994. And the unmistakeable fear and haunting feelings of hopelessness still pounds on this family. How they survived, how they were released from their own home as if it were a prison, Deon Taylor braves to tell this story the way the justice system sometimes forgets.  It comes out Fall 2012. I can't accept that this is "just another one of those stories." I can't accept that this is "just another attempt to bring up racism against black people." I cannot accept that this is another "cheap shot at the white man." Not when it's the truth. Not when it's happening now. I am not a racist. Nor do I promote racism other than saying i think we're all racist in some form or another. Trinidadians vs. Jamaicans; Indian against black; Black vs. White; Haitians and Dominicans (or whatever the next place is); Tall people against short people; homosexuals vs heterosexuals - you name it, it's there. ok fine, some things listed there is not "racism" b/c it's not against a "race" but you know what I mean.

I read in this ABC Zen book that once enlightened there is no way you can revert to being anything else. I'm going to watch this film.