Tina Negron's poem“I see souls being lost because young brothers and sisters don’t know how to act,”
“I see the whole world coming to an end. I see me dying, but me fighting, on what’s on my mind, is trying to be, and that is really a message to you.”
From all accounts I read she sounded like a beautiful person. I defended her on the nydailynews website. As usual it was blame the victim day. What would such a good person being doing with a bad person. I am sorry to break the news folks but they are not a lot of good guys out there and I am guessing she was a compassionate soul that preferred to see the good in people. Look at statistics here in NY and world wide and I am guessing a lot more females die death by violence than from breast cancer but it just is not addressed like cancer is and globally it could be but for some reason (I have an idea why) celebrities don't have their chic fund raisers to say stop the violence and raise consciousness. Could you imagine fund raisers on all local tv stations around the world with celebrities (sad to say we need them to get attention) raising awareness what are the warning signs, organizations that can help be support systems. etc. ?
Also the laws have to change because even if you can get the police involved it doesn't seem to stop the violence. A piece of paper isn't going to protect you from someone obsessed.
It starts with words, verbal violence, intimidation, blame the victim and escalates and you don't have to be an intimate partner to be a victim. How does this happen? There are red lights and they tend to be ignored and or rationalized away.
I think of corruption. NYC's tolerance for corruption is higher than the city's skyscrapers, same for this treatment and believe me women can join in and participate. Just talking in general terms. I did lots of piece on this blog about Tina Negron.
I wrote a lot of pieces and you can find them on this blog...here is one.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2008/03/tina-negron-24-east-village-murdered.html
It starts with words, verbal violence, intimidation, blame the victim and escalates and you don't have to be an intimate partner to be a victim. How does this happen? There are red lights and they tend to be ignored and or rationalized away.
I think of corruption. NYC's tolerance for corruption is higher than the city's skyscrapers, same for this treatment and believe me women can join in and participate. Just talking in general terms. I did lots of piece on this blog about Tina Negron.
I wrote a lot of pieces and you can find them on this blog...here is one.
http://suzannahbtroy.blogspot.com/2008/03/tina-negron-24-east-village-murdered.html
This is a youtube from the NYPD on domestic violence and it is very good. The problem is bigger than than the police and it is broader than domestic violence including violence towards females of any and all ages and it means changing consciousness world wide and changing laws as well. I am glad the NYPD is now on youtube.
Domestic violence is a key issue because of the other victims which can be children and extended family members witnessing on going verbal abuse, blaming of the victims etc but there are bigger pieces to this disturbing puzzle involving cultures and societies that seem to encourage it. I remember a long time ago being forced to listen to that heinous rap song that celebrated Ike beating Tina on the Path train. I was stunned to hear a song on the radio by a rap artist berating the community for calling the police on him when he sold drugs. I remember visiting a friend on Ludlow Street maybe 18? years ago and having to walk past the drug dealers in the hall way. It seems drugs and violence towards women, violence period go hand and hand. It is a bigger issues with female infants being murdered in some countries around the globe so it is a bigger global issue that needs to be addressed on many levels.
