From Here to Eternity

To me, the fact that the Trayvon Martin murder has Americans lined up on opposite sides of the race line instead of on the sides of right or wrong, is a pretty clear indication that this black and white issue will never go away. It will last from here to eternity! When a man with a gun kills a teen without one, not because he has done something wrong; raped, killed, beaten, or robbed someone, but because he is walking around looking about; a “coon;” a black kid who sadly just really happened to be in the right place at the wrong time (the wrong time being when George Zimmerman decided that because he had a gun he had the right to confront, harass, and ultimately kill the young man.) Then in another travesty of justice, the police in Sanford, Florida released the killer with no charges, no toxicology tests, AND with the murder weapon. Justice in this case is such a distant concept.

So, the ONLY good thing that can come out of this Trayvon Martin tragedy is that people become more aware of and sensitive to the effects of racial profiling. I can't even begin to count the number of stores I've walked out of because some clerk followed me around like I'm a thief. I can’t describe that jumpy feeling I get when a cop car gets behind me. I'm a licensed, registered, insured driver who obeys traffic laws and that still DOES NOT give me peace. I hate that feeling! It's a terrible thing to have to go through that day in and day out. The only people who know what it feels like to be black are Black people and now it's time for Blacks to stand up together and in one voice say "No More!" 400 years- still not free. This should not still be happening in America. The only thing we can't help being is black... It is also the one thing I don't want to help being. I'm black & I'm proud!!!

Until Next Time.

Peace. Two Fingers; One Love!

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Unstack the Deck

“There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.”  ― Mahatma Gandhi

Do people honestly believe that there is a large majority of people out here who just want to be poor; unemployed or underemployed -eager to be one check away from poverty OR mired in poverty "on purpose?" A large majority who would rather be out of their minds on drugs, leaving their families hungry and helpless as they search for their next hit? Who want their children to get a watered down education and just hang on until they are old enough to just stop going altogether? Who look forward to their kids joining gangs or killing folks and spending years in and out of prison?

Well, I know people who think this and I know that there are a lot of people that I don't know who think it and I think they are the ones who are all insane!! No money = very, very few options and in light of the financial crisis this country is in, the gap is widening between what they can have and what they can not. Contrary to popular opinion, poor people don't just want to sit around and wait on checks. Give them your opportunities and the jobs you're able to get as a result of them and they'll take care of you on welfare; gladly!