December 3, 2024 • 11 mins
Introduction:
Are our schools truly safe spaces for all children? In this episode of Revolutionary Hour, we dive into a shocking series of racist incidents involving a 7th-grade student, Ja'keem Williams, at Flour Bluff Schools in Texas. From vile racial slurs in text messages to blatant bullying on school grounds, these events expose a disturbing lack of accountability and protection for marginalized students. The question we’re asking is simple but urgent: Why are the victims of these hateful acts left unheard while the perpetrators are shielded?
Content Overview:
We break down the heartbreaking reality Ja'keem has faced, starting with being called a "monkey" in the 6th grade—a slur steeped in painful history—and continuing with the school's failure to inform his family until months later. Then, just weeks ago, Ja'keem endured a physical assault on school grounds when a student drenched him with water, leaving him humiliated. Most recently, a classmate crossed yet another line by sending a vile racial slur through text. Despite multiple offenses, the school's response has been frustratingly inadequate, showing a systemic failure to protect its students and hold offenders accountable.
These incidents, detailed in heartfelt and resolute emails from Eric Williams, Ja'keem’s father, paint a stark picture of a school system more concerned with maintaining appearances than addressing racism head-on. Eric's request for justice—grounded in the five pillars of Islam: Love, Truth, Peace, Justice, and Freedom—has been met with silence, deflection, and inaction. It’s a story of resilience and a call for systemic reform.
Call to Action:
It’s time to demand change. Call the Flour Bluff School Board and insist on policies that prioritize justice for the injured party rather than protecting the perpetrators. Contact city council members and civil and human rights organizations to demand accountability and structural reforms within our schools. Together, we can create environments where every child feels safe and valued.
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Stay informed and join the movement for change. Follow Revolutionary Hour on all streaming platforms for more stories, discussions, and solutions to systemic injustice. Together, we’ll make our voices heard.
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Are our schools truly safe spaces for all children? In this episode of Revolutionary Hour, we dive into a shocking series of racist incidents involving a 7th-grade student, Ja'keem Williams, at Flour Bluff Schools in Texas. From vile racial slurs in text messages to blatant bullying on school grounds, these events expose a disturbing lack of accountability and protection for marginalized students. The question we’re asking is simple but urgent: Why are the victims of these hateful acts left unheard while the perpetrators are shielded?
Content Overview:
We break down the heartbreaking reality Ja'keem has faced, starting with being called a "monkey" in the 6th grade—a slur steeped in painful history—and continuing with the school's failure to inform his family until months later. Then, just weeks ago, Ja'keem endured a physical assault on school grounds when a student drenched him with water, leaving him humiliated. Most recently, a classmate crossed yet another line by sending a vile racial slur through text. Despite multiple offenses, the school's response has been frustratingly inadequate, showing a systemic failure to protect its students and hold offenders accountable.
These incidents, detailed in heartfelt and resolute emails from Eric Williams, Ja'keem’s father, paint a stark picture of a school system more concerned with maintaining appearances than addressing racism head-on. Eric's request for justice—grounded in the five pillars of Islam: Love, Truth, Peace, Justice, and Freedom—has been met with silence, deflection, and inaction. It’s a story of resilience and a call for systemic reform.
Call to Action:
It’s time to demand change. Call the Flour Bluff School Board and insist on policies that prioritize justice for the injured party rather than protecting the perpetrators. Contact city council members and civil and human rights organizations to demand accountability and structural reforms within our schools. Together, we can create environments where every child feels safe and valued.
Connect with Us:
Stay informed and join the movement for change. Follow Revolutionary Hour on all streaming platforms for more stories, discussions, and solutions to systemic injustice. Together, we’ll make our voices heard.
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/revolutionary-hour--1654333/support.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I heard the racism and Floer Bluff was very thick,
but I didn't know it was so thick that it
is zoos out of their youth with eaves. The children
have racist ways and probably don't even know that they
have been taught racist ways. We're for to talk about it,
(00:24):
so you are already know this report. Mster Eve Balston,
the south side of Boston. And I'm originally from Atlanta, Georgia,
you know, but I've been down here in Corpus Christi
texts is going on fifteen years on and all. And
I also had my children in this city of Corpus Christi.
Tests now. We have been living in Flower Bluff with
my wife here for about four years now, and I've
think my kids have been going to the intermediate that
(00:45):
Flower Bluff all the way up to the high school
a height. I have a ninth grader and I have
a seventh grader right now. This happened to my seventh grader.
Check this out. So this actually starts in the sixth
grade where my son was called a monkey by one
of the children there. He told the teachers, but guess what,
they didn't tell me for a whole two or three
(01:07):
months it happened in October. Why did I find out
about it in December? And the way I found out
about it was my son told me about it, and
then I approached the teachers and they said they handled it,
but they couldn't tell me how it was handled. They
couldn't can tell me who the little boy that called
my son a monkey was. Okay, fast forward to this
(01:33):
year when he's in seventh grade. It was raining outside
and this little boy decided not I don't know if
it was the saying little boy, I believe it was
a different little boy, but decided to kick water on
my son and said he was so soaking wet that
the teachers had to give him a change of clothes.
They told them that a boy kicked water on them.
(01:55):
He told them that. The reason why I know he
told them that is because they they admitted that. He
told them. Now they admitted this shit. But did they
give me a call? No? Did they give MoMA Erica
a call? No? My wife, no, her mother, no, the
kid's grandmother, no, nobody. They didn't call anybody. But yet
(02:18):
they try to say, oh, well, your number wasn't the
first number on the contact list, so did you call
the first number on the contact list, because if you
did call the first number on the contact list, his
grandmother would have been up here in a heartbeat to
tear all of y'all a new a hold. I know
she would have. I know how she is. She's gonna
(02:39):
taught me a new a whole plenty of time. And
those are my children. So this goes to show you
they didn't call anybody. They wasn't planning on calling anybody.
There was hoping that he wouldn't tell that. They probably
told him not to say anything. This is what I'm thinking,
since they didn't call me, I expect it, lady to
(03:00):
think I want right now, because I know that that
child that called my son a monkey, I can assume
he got away. We call him my son a monkey,
and I can assume and rightfully so that this child
that kicked water on my son wasn't even chastised. I
can even assume rightfully so that his parents wasn't even told.
(03:22):
And I can also assume rightfully so that the parents
was told, but they don't care. They probably took him
out of ice cream. Good job treating that nigger like that.
Because we then come to my son being called a nigga.
Look at this. This right here is one of the
boys that go to my son's school that calls himself
(03:45):
my son's friend. None of your friends calls you this.
He tried to smooth it talking about nigga. My son
let that slide. I didn't say nothing to him. I
got on my son about that. You don't ever let
nobody talk call you that. I don't care what they
(04:05):
look like. I don't care what they look like. You
don't let nobody call you that. So he let him
slide with that, though, So since he let him slide
with that look, he had to come back and put
to eat off on there. Never I can hear the
accident and everything when I read the test message. So
(04:27):
since I've talked to the school and all they can
do is assure me that something will be done, but
they can't tell me what. They can't even tell me
who the child is. Thankfully, I know who the child
is because my son thought it was his friend. So
guess what I'm going to be doing, says, I can't
be a part of my son's getting justice. I don't
(04:47):
even know if they got justice. I don't know if
this kid is being told that he did the right thing,
because I'm not allowed to be a part of the
myseln can be a part of the attack, but he
can't be a part of the adjudication. He can't get
no justice. I gotta take your word for it. And
you look like the motherfucker that called my son and nigga.
(05:09):
I'll fucking trust you. I'm gonna say it right. Look here,
I don't trust you. So that's why I'm making this podcast.
This podcast is gonna go out to every news agency.
It's gonna go out to the NAACP, gonna go out
to the SELC, and it's gonna go out to my
abortion nation, because that's one thing that I'm so sick
(05:33):
and tired of y'all trying to denationalize my son or
my children. First, you think we black. My family is
from North Africa. Let me show you my family and
for Morocco, I'm a more. Your government calls me white.
(06:01):
Your government called me white. I ain't no crayon though
I'm not white, I ain't black. I'm more from North
Africa and my children are Moorish Americans from this land.
And we ain't playing these crayon games anymore. We ain't
(06:22):
playing these colored black negro nigga games anymore. This shit
will be stucked, and I'm gonna make sure that it's
publicized all over because Flower Bluff, i'd have heard about
your history, and I'm frankly sick of it, because you
(06:43):
told me when I got here that that was just
your history. But it shows me it's not your history,
it's your blood. It's coming after your children very easily,
and multiple children. If you want to say this ain't
the same person, because that's what you're trying to tell me.
It ain't the same person. But you can't tell me
who it is, but you can tell me that the same, Okay,
(07:04):
So that means all your fucking children of racist until
I see something like at least an assembly outside of
fucking Black History Month where you denationalize us for a
whole twenty eight fucking days, we gonna be broadcasting this
everywhere everywhere, flower Bluff, counting days. If I don't get
(07:28):
a whole bunch of mores to move here and we
change the demographics in this place so we could get justice,
I would make it happen, or you could leave your
town better than it was when I got here, and
teach your children to get rid of that racist blood
out they body, because I know it's these parents teaching
(07:52):
them now. Because my son had a book in school
and yes, it was called from Niggas to Gods. And
guess what. He was telling people that he ain't no nigga,
that he's a god. They took the book because that
was a controversial statement. They was mad because he was
(08:13):
telling people he wasn't a nigga and that he was
a god eight Psalms eighty two six. My God said
that he is a god. He ain't no nigga, he
ain't no niggirl, he ain't none of that. He ain't
black a matter of fact to you, to you, he
(08:35):
is the person that you supposed to be respecting the most,
and you dropped that ball, you adults and flower bluff.
I don't trust none of you. No until I could
see you, why he'll making moves, Unless I could see you,
why he'll teach your children? Otherwise, yoh, I don't trust
(08:59):
none you. You all are raising your children to be
racist until I can see something different. Because when I
see here, the proof is that the putting this jong
child calling my child and nigga the thread. My child
is best, so respectable for this young dude, this young
(09:24):
white boy, he ain't even white. Check the definition for
a free white person. It says it does not mean Arian,
Visigoth or Caucasian. Just because you're either one of those
things do not make you a free white person. Check
Blacks Law Dictionary, the same dictionary.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Your judge hughes what we will see justice, So fly
bluff cover, I'm getting retribution.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Tired of the same old conversations. Want to dive deep
into real topics that challenge the status quo. Then it's
time for you to tune into Revolutionary Hour only on
Boss Radio. From social justice and political movements to cultural revolutions,
we bring you the voices of thinkers, activists, and change
makers who refuse to sit still in a world that's
(10:20):
constantly shifting. This isn't your typical talk show. This is
a space for raw, unfiltered truth. Want to stay ahead
of the curve. Get ready for bold ideas, inspiring stories,
and powerful interviews that ignite your mind. Hosted by the
leaders of tomorrow. Revolutionary Hour. Make sure you're part of
the conversation, not just a spectator. If you're not thinking
(10:40):
outside the box. You're trapped inside it. We're here to
break that box wide open. Are you ready to break free?
Are you ready to revolutionize your thinking? Subscribe now to
The Revolutionary Hour podcast Wherever you listen to podcasts, Spotify,
Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, and of course Boss Radio. Don't
(11:03):
miss an episode, because the revolution waits for no One.
Revolutionary Hour the show where minds meet action. Are you
ready to join
I heard the racism and Floer Bluff was very thick,
but I didn't know it was so thick that it
is zoos out of their youth with eaves. The children
have racist ways and probably don't even know that they
have been taught racist ways. We're for to talk about it,
(00:24):
so you are already know this report. Mster Eve Balston,
the south side of Boston. And I'm originally from Atlanta, Georgia,
you know, but I've been down here in Corpus Christi
texts is going on fifteen years on and all. And
I also had my children in this city of Corpus Christi.
Tests now. We have been living in Flower Bluff with
my wife here for about four years now, and I've
think my kids have been going to the intermediate that
(00:45):
Flower Bluff all the way up to the high school
a height. I have a ninth grader and I have
a seventh grader right now. This happened to my seventh grader.
Check this out. So this actually starts in the sixth
grade where my son was called a monkey by one
of the children there. He told the teachers, but guess what,
they didn't tell me for a whole two or three
(01:07):
months it happened in October. Why did I find out
about it in December? And the way I found out
about it was my son told me about it, and
then I approached the teachers and they said they handled it,
but they couldn't tell me how it was handled. They
couldn't can tell me who the little boy that called
my son a monkey was. Okay, fast forward to this
(01:33):
year when he's in seventh grade. It was raining outside
and this little boy decided not I don't know if
it was the saying little boy, I believe it was
a different little boy, but decided to kick water on
my son and said he was so soaking wet that
the teachers had to give him a change of clothes.
They told them that a boy kicked water on them.
(01:55):
He told them that. The reason why I know he
told them that is because they they admitted that. He
told them. Now they admitted this shit. But did they
give me a call? No? Did they give MoMA Erica
a call? No? My wife, no, her mother, no, the
kid's grandmother, no, nobody. They didn't call anybody. But yet
(02:18):
they try to say, oh, well, your number wasn't the
first number on the contact list, so did you call
the first number on the contact list, because if you
did call the first number on the contact list, his
grandmother would have been up here in a heartbeat to
tear all of y'all a new a hold. I know
she would have. I know how she is. She's gonna
(02:39):
taught me a new a whole plenty of time. And
those are my children. So this goes to show you
they didn't call anybody. They wasn't planning on calling anybody.
There was hoping that he wouldn't tell that. They probably
told him not to say anything. This is what I'm thinking,
since they didn't call me, I expect it, lady to
(03:00):
think I want right now, because I know that that
child that called my son a monkey, I can assume
he got away. We call him my son a monkey,
and I can assume and rightfully so that this child
that kicked water on my son wasn't even chastised. I
can even assume rightfully so that his parents wasn't even told.
(03:22):
And I can also assume rightfully so that the parents
was told, but they don't care. They probably took him
out of ice cream. Good job treating that nigger like that.
Because we then come to my son being called a nigga.
Look at this. This right here is one of the
boys that go to my son's school that calls himself
(03:45):
my son's friend. None of your friends calls you this.
He tried to smooth it talking about nigga. My son
let that slide. I didn't say nothing to him. I
got on my son about that. You don't ever let
nobody talk call you that. I don't care what they
(04:05):
look like. I don't care what they look like. You
don't let nobody call you that. So he let him
slide with that, though, So since he let him slide
with that look, he had to come back and put
to eat off on there. Never I can hear the
accident and everything when I read the test message. So
(04:27):
since I've talked to the school and all they can
do is assure me that something will be done, but
they can't tell me what. They can't even tell me
who the child is. Thankfully, I know who the child
is because my son thought it was his friend. So
guess what I'm going to be doing, says, I can't
be a part of my son's getting justice. I don't
(04:47):
even know if they got justice. I don't know if
this kid is being told that he did the right thing,
because I'm not allowed to be a part of the
myseln can be a part of the attack, but he
can't be a part of the adjudication. He can't get
no justice. I gotta take your word for it. And
you look like the motherfucker that called my son and nigga.
(05:09):
I'll fucking trust you. I'm gonna say it right. Look here,
I don't trust you. So that's why I'm making this podcast.
This podcast is gonna go out to every news agency.
It's gonna go out to the NAACP, gonna go out
to the SELC, and it's gonna go out to my
abortion nation, because that's one thing that I'm so sick
(05:33):
and tired of y'all trying to denationalize my son or
my children. First, you think we black. My family is
from North Africa. Let me show you my family and
for Morocco, I'm a more. Your government calls me white.
(06:01):
Your government called me white. I ain't no crayon though
I'm not white, I ain't black. I'm more from North
Africa and my children are Moorish Americans from this land.
And we ain't playing these crayon games anymore. We ain't
(06:22):
playing these colored black negro nigga games anymore. This shit
will be stucked, and I'm gonna make sure that it's
publicized all over because Flower Bluff, i'd have heard about
your history, and I'm frankly sick of it, because you
(06:43):
told me when I got here that that was just
your history. But it shows me it's not your history,
it's your blood. It's coming after your children very easily,
and multiple children. If you want to say this ain't
the same person, because that's what you're trying to tell me.
It ain't the same person. But you can't tell me
who it is, but you can tell me that the same, Okay,
(07:04):
So that means all your fucking children of racist until
I see something like at least an assembly outside of
fucking Black History Month where you denationalize us for a
whole twenty eight fucking days, we gonna be broadcasting this
everywhere everywhere, flower Bluff, counting days. If I don't get
(07:28):
a whole bunch of mores to move here and we
change the demographics in this place so we could get justice,
I would make it happen, or you could leave your
town better than it was when I got here, and
teach your children to get rid of that racist blood
out they body, because I know it's these parents teaching
(07:52):
them now. Because my son had a book in school
and yes, it was called from Niggas to Gods. And
guess what. He was telling people that he ain't no nigga,
that he's a god. They took the book because that
was a controversial statement. They was mad because he was
(08:13):
telling people he wasn't a nigga and that he was
a god eight Psalms eighty two six. My God said
that he is a god. He ain't no nigga, he
ain't no niggirl, he ain't none of that. He ain't
black a matter of fact to you, to you, he
(08:35):
is the person that you supposed to be respecting the most,
and you dropped that ball, you adults and flower bluff.
I don't trust none of you. No until I could
see you, why he'll making moves, Unless I could see you,
why he'll teach your children? Otherwise, yoh, I don't trust
(08:59):
none you. You all are raising your children to be
racist until I can see something different. Because when I
see here, the proof is that the putting this jong
child calling my child and nigga the thread. My child
is best, so respectable for this young dude, this young
(09:24):
white boy, he ain't even white. Check the definition for
a free white person. It says it does not mean Arian,
Visigoth or Caucasian. Just because you're either one of those
things do not make you a free white person. Check
Blacks Law Dictionary, the same dictionary.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Your judge hughes what we will see justice, So fly
bluff cover, I'm getting retribution.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
Tired of the same old conversations. Want to dive deep
into real topics that challenge the status quo. Then it's
time for you to tune into Revolutionary Hour only on
Boss Radio. From social justice and political movements to cultural revolutions,
we bring you the voices of thinkers, activists, and change
makers who refuse to sit still in a world that's
(10:20):
constantly shifting. This isn't your typical talk show. This is
a space for raw, unfiltered truth. Want to stay ahead
of the curve. Get ready for bold ideas, inspiring stories,
and powerful interviews that ignite your mind. Hosted by the
leaders of tomorrow. Revolutionary Hour. Make sure you're part of
the conversation, not just a spectator. If you're not thinking
(10:40):
outside the box. You're trapped inside it. We're here to
break that box wide open. Are you ready to break free?
Are you ready to revolutionize your thinking? Subscribe now to
The Revolutionary Hour podcast Wherever you listen to podcasts, Spotify,
Apple podcasts, Google Podcasts, and of course Boss Radio. Don't
(11:03):
miss an episode, because the revolution waits for no One.
Revolutionary Hour the show where minds meet action. Are you
ready to join
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