Founder's Message to Students

As the Founder of The Diversity Think Tank, the message I have for students and young activists reading this is that no job or friendship is worth wrecking one's dignity and soul—you are here on earth to be good, conscientious souls with generous spirits. Embrace and practice the deeper principles of Love, Tikkun Olam, and Prayer as I have for 25 years, and you will make truthful decisions effortlessly, no matter how complicated or disappointing they may be to others.

Remember, "Diversity" is not solely defined by what Democrats design and dictate it to be. True diversity includes freedom of speech, especially for Black-Americans and all others, to exercise their First Amendment right to speak out courageously. This includes the ability to hold Democrats accountable for failed public education policy, failed public health policy, and institutionalized liberal racism that perpetuate generational poverty in especially Black -American and marginalized communities.
Peace & Blessings, Louis Kwame Fosu

Why Black Lives Matter

Yes, White friends, agreed: ALL lives do matter. However, because of White America’s historical and persistent racism, precious Black lives have been targeted and extinguished for centuries with impunity. ‘Color-blindness’ has been invoked in an attempt to erase the facts, extent, and consequences of racially-based harm. That is why we demand and cry out in this vale of tears, BLACK LIVES MATTER!

In 2012, Trayvon Martin was killed by a vigilante white security officer in front of his affluent home while carrying a bag of Skittles candy. President Obama said Trayvon could have been his son. In response to this senseless racist murder, #BlackLivesMatter was started by three Black women: Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, to fight for justice and expose to the world the deep-seated hate for Black people. How many White boys are killed by Black or White citizen vigilante security officers while walking home from the store? Trayvon Martin’s death is not the general “white lived experience” for White men and boys in America. However, the pervasive killing of Black men, boys, and women by White security enforcement is the traumatic lived experience for Blacks in America.

As a nation, we must accept that precious Black lives have been snuffed out with reckless cruelty, sometimes showing no sign of abatement. There is a deep debt of humanity and justice owed to Black Americans, and that is our central focus when we demand loudly that BLACK LIVES MATTER!