THE VOICE OF A CHILD
A Victim of Racist America
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The Voice of Omar Shariff Thornton can finally be heard and his side of the story can finally be told of what happened that tragic day on the premises of the Hartford Distributors Company in Connecticut on August 3, 2010. On that fateful day, there was much loss of life and through this touching account of his life's struggles as a black man in America, this story depicts how he faced racism and institutional racism at the hands of an unjust American system and suffered from post-traumatic stress due to workplace abuse. In Omar's quest to capture the American Dream through hard work, persistence and entrepreneurship; something went terribly wrong and his mother, Ms. Lillie Holliday is here to set the record straight about who her son was and what he stood for. Her mission through this account of Omar Shariff Thornton's story, is to help put an end to racism in all of its forms. Forever!
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This is the story of a man whose hands ended the life of eight fellow employees as well as his own. What kind of a man would do such a thing? The reader will be surprised to learn the answer to that question. Authors Son grew with strong convictions. Did his convictions include the difference between right and wrong? Was the authors son lazy or hardworking? Was he mean or was he generous? The answer to these questions, as well as the description of the tragedy that took place on the grounds of a racist monster company on August 3, 2010, comprise the gist of this absorbing story.