To The Memory of George Stinney Jr.

George Stinney Jr was the youngest person ever executed in South Carolina, in 1944. Due to his small body frame, they had to make the poor 14-year-old boy sit on top of a phone book before he could properly fit into the electric chair. It must have been a gory sight. And the agony suffered by the child could only be imagined. The execution however, has since been found to be wrong. In a December 7, 2014 ruling, a South Carolina state judge vacated Stinney's conviction in the deaths of two young girls, clearing his name.



He is shown here above in this undated file photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. The cold-blooded murder of this child under legal coloration was just one of the many cases of injustice that were perpetrated by some Americans against people of color, and that include the Blacks, the Native Americans, the Hispanics, the Japanese and others. These acts of evil came under descriptions of racism, prejudice and stereotype.

It’s been many years ago and the perpetrators of those heinous crimes against humanity have since been long dead and gone. There is however a spiritual law of Karma. It has no statutory limitations. And there is definitely life after death. Therefore, any wonder why this great nation is plagued with too many strange physical afflictions and mysterious omens that are not even seen in Third world nations.

The American Ironies.

·         In America, no one is allowed by law to drink and drive. Yet, everyone is expected to show a driver’s license to buy alcohol. What therefore is the relationship between liquor and a driver’s license?

·         In every gas station, there is a sign that warns people not to smoke. However, all gas stations sell cigarettes.

·         Walk into any major retail store and what do you see? It’s the individuals who really need to do some physical exercise that you’ll see using store-provided scooters to go about the store.

·         United States is the only country in the world with too many marriage counselors who are either divorced or never married.

·         Inter-state highways are built by the federal government to link one state with another. Hawaii is an island that has no road-linkage with any other state. But why do they have inter-state highways…roads that lead to no other state?

·         America has a travel/trade embargoes against Cuba. Yet, many Americans, especially the rich and the famous (including law makers) spend huge sums of money to indulge in the habits of smoking the Cuban cigar.

·         It’s funny how rappers and thugs revel in the image of social misfits and non-conformists by their inappropriate public attires. But let them have some criminal or civil case and you’ll see them in court all “decked out” in some fanciful suits and ties. That means they do know the importance of proper modes of dressing!

·         America is globally known as the foremost land of freedom and liberty. Yet, several Americans, especially blacks, were forced by circumstances of slavery, racism and prejudice to seek freedom and liberty elsewhere by adopting the citizenship of foreign nations such as Canada in North America and France in Europe.

·         The words “colored people” have been described as the worst misnomer in English grammar. This is because it’s a Caucasian individual that has different shades of skin “colors” while a black person has only one. Therefore, how come the same words remain an integral part of an organization such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)?