Yet another reason why Black people kill each other: Part of a seemingly endless series.

(It’s The Golden Snitch from the Harry Potter books. And just like all the gay people who like Harry Potter, if you snitch and they find out in prison you are probably destined for some hardcore ass sex)

Nadia Pflaum writes an informative piece in the latest edition of The Pitch regarding the politics of snitching in KC’s Black community and other urban areas. I didn’t think that anybody liked a snitch but apparently some Black people are really adamant in their disapproval.

Pflaum does a great job in chronicling all of the stupidity surrounding East side murders. KC’s own shakedown artist, the honorable Rev. Wallace Hartsfield makes an appearance as he makes one of his meaningless gestures (vigil, march, sermon, whatever) between picking up big bags of cash. My buddy Alonzo Washington also tries desperately to blame whitey for the murders which might be a stretch considering how few white people cross Troost. But the real stars of the story are all of the people who keep quiet in the face of tragedy. I can’t say I blame them. Taking a stand against violence, setting an example, working to improve your community is a lot harder than just putting a few bucks together and trying to stay far away from poor, violent Black people. All of KC seems to understand this, and they didn’t need a nearly 5,000 word article in order to learn this fact.