{"id":6553,"date":"2011-04-07T19:53:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T00:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/captainblack.reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=6553"},"modified":"2011-04-07T19:53:18","modified_gmt":"2011-04-08T00:53:18","slug":"stopped-a-suicide-attempt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2011\/04\/07\/stopped-a-suicide-attempt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stopped A Suicide Attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two days ago I had to wrestle razor blades and even a cell phone charger cord away from someone intent upon killing herself. After repeated biting ( of my hands lol ) and battling she finally calmed down enough for self-discipline to prevail.
\nThe irony is I believe in a person’s right to end his life- just not in front of me. Since I knew drug abuse and deep feelings of abandonment drove this sister to such extremes I felt justified intervening.
\nThis was the latest hands on exercise of my politics. I’ve never been able to confine my definiton of politics to elections or partisan bickering, especially as an inner city American.
\nUrban death culture, a hydra taking on forms as crack; violence; and intergenerational economic and moral poverty render a political dynamic far removed from pristine hotel ball rooms and talking points debated within comfy television studios.
\nHer injurious cry for help is multiplied by hundreds of thousands within zip codes like mine… and elsewhere. Slow motion self-destruction is the background beat for folks who feel no one cares and in turn often care for no one.
\nHer decision to stop smoking crack is one huge leap toward being the individual she should be and not what desperation and its companion, addiction made her.
\nMy politics, like the superhero-themed activism I promote, don’t require opposing parties or costumed criminals for opposition.
\nThe super villains I face fill America’s inner city and don’t need partisan labels or colorful disguises to do their dirty work. The suicide attempt I stopped was simply a result of an urban death culture too many feel is the only authentic reality for inner city Americans.
\nI strongly disagree.
\nNADRA ENZI AKA CAPT BLACK will celebrate his 45th birthday Mon, Aprill 11th, 2011 by giving food to the homeless in downtown New Orleans http:\/\/captainblack.reallifesuperheroes.org\/2011\/03\/16\/capt-blacks-birthday-food-giveaway\/<\/a>
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