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S6E24 March 18,1977

Da’Quain Johnson, a 32-year-old Black father of three, was chased by police and a K9 unit before being shot and killed. Body camera footage shows Johnson on the ground while a police dog attacked him, yet officers claimed he was a threat and “pointed a gun at them”. Witnesses dispute those claims, and no gun is visible in the available footage. Most heartbreaking of all, Johnson’s three daughters witnessed their father being gunned down outside their home.

On May 23, 2026, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the Black Panther Party held an armed march demanding justice for Da’Quain Johnson after Kent County Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Becker ruled the officer who killed him was justified. The Party has given Becker 30 days to reverse that decision and pursue accountability. This incident also shares a lot of similarities with the killing/execution of another black man Patrick Lyoya, again at the hands of a Grand Rapids police officer!

Yet again in America another Black life taken. Another family shattered. Another community demanding answers.

All Power to the People✊🏾We will not forget Da’Quain Johnson!

Monoethnicity: A monoethnic population is one predominantly composed of a single ethnic group. It typically implies a nation or community where over 85% to 90% of the people share the same ancestral background, language, and cultural heritage.

These societies such as Japan (98% Yamoto), Lesotho (99% Basotho), South Korea (99% Korean) or Somalia (90% Somali)—are often characterized by strong cultural cohesion. Even in largely monoethnic societies, smaller sub-groups or minority populations often exist, but the overarching culture heavily relates to one dominant ethnicity

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While there are already distinct ethnic groups within the Soulaan community—such as the Gullah Geechee, Afro-Seminole, and some Louisiana Creoles—I’ve noticed a growing trend of people identifying or forming new subgroup identities within the community again, such as “New York/Jersey Ameris and Chicago Mississippaians.”

This makes me wonder how we collectively view our ethnicity. Do we understand it through a monoethnic lens or a polyethnic one? We can’t deny that we live in a highly polyethnic country, but the question is how that reality shapes the way we define and relate to our own ethnic identity.

I've knew this for quite some time and surprised at how many Soulaan don't know this. They try and cover it up but its facts with evidence to back it. Since a kid I always wonder why we (Soulaan) would be every celebratory on memorial day until I found out the true origins and realized it was originally a Soulaan holiday all alone (weather we who celebrate knew the history of not).The American government adopted and tried to escape us from a holiday we create. P.S those newly freed Soulaan were celebratimg the 200+ Soulaan union soldiers that died in the civil war. It has nothing to do with the white union soldiers.