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“The issue is far deeper than skin colour.”
So said Rev Kwame Clarke following comments made by Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander directed at young black males involved in crime.
Speaking to the Sunday Express last week after the police killing of four men of African descent suspected in a series of home invasions, Alexander said young black men needed to reject crime and criminality. “To the young black men, life does not revolve around crime and criminality. We must not be seen as a threat to humanity. We can do better than that,” the minister said.
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