Social Issues

In a perfect world everyone gets along and appreciates each others differences. In a perfect world everyone is equal and racism is unheard of…Once again we are reminded that we do not live in a perfect world. No matter the shade of our rose tinted glasses we are presented with reality in black and white. We do not live in a perfect world. We live in an imperfect world with imperfect people.

It is our imperfections that cause grief, insecurity, hate, racism….to name a few.  Read more... (667 words, 2 images, estimated 2:40 mins reading time)

Today as I read through the status updates on Facebook…a post from my friend Ghalee caught my attention. His status update was about a guy on ESPN referring to Dr. Martin Luther King as Martin Luther COON.

This was no slip of the tongue. COON and King are in no way, shape, or form similar in sound…. not even as off-rhymes. I know some will be quick to come to Mike & Mike’s defense with tons of excuses…none of which will be acceptable. It was intentional. If it wasn’t intentional it was obviously on his mind, perhaps he didn’t intend to actually speak it out loud…  Read more... (128 words, estimated 31 secs reading time)

Police were called to deal with a domestic dispute between a 14 year old girl and her mother…which resulted in the teenager not taking heed to the officer’s warnings. The 14 year old allegedly refused to listen or obey officers and was tasered.  Fortunately for the child she was not killed. (Yes, my friends non lethal weapons…TASERS do kill). Instead, the young girl was rushed to the University of New Mexico Hospital to endure a two hour surgery. She survived the ‘tasing’ and has 18 staples and six stitches in her head as a reminder (or wake up call to us all).  The adolescent was tasered in the HEAD! The taser dart pierced her skull and hit her brain.  Read more... (903 words, estimated 3:37 mins reading time)

I got up earlier than usual this Saturday morning. My husband and I spent the day volunteering for Compton Unified School District’s Toy Drive/Luncheon for families in need.

My mom works for a very special department in the Compton Unified School District. The department has an official name but I call it the HELP Department. Why do I call my mom’s department HELP? Well what they do every day is exactly what the dictionary says the word HELP means:

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Many are outraged by how police in Ohio disarmed an 80 something year old woman in a Walmart parking lot. The woman had a knife and was threatening to stab people (she suffers from Alzheimers). When she was approached by the police she refused to drop the knife, that’s when police slammed her down to the ground. What else could they have done? I don’t know. I must admit I was horrified by the footage. The site of an elderly lady with a cane being handled in any manner by police would probably be horrific to me….

I cannot help but believe that there was a better way to get that knife from her without slamming her or causing bodily harm. I think I might even have been able to do that… who knows… This is such an unfortunate incident What do you think?  Read more... (148 words, estimated 36 secs reading time)

I don’t know what country Pat is talking about…but he can’t possibly be talking about America!

Do we really want to get into who built what, how, why etc….? And if we’re going there…then perhaps we should delve deeply into what this is really about…. or shall we continue to tap dance and skate around it… all week we’ve been hearing about this anti-white male sentiment, which is straight up bs. A wise Latina will be a supreme court judge DEAL WITH IT!  Read more... (182 words, 1 image, estimated 44 secs reading time)

Approximately 16 years ago around this time I went to my high school prom and was crowned Prom Queen. My school (University High in Los Angeles CA) was diverse and racial issues were for the most part— a non issue. The biggest issue we faced was what to wear! It’s shocking to learn that until 2008 students in Charleston, Mississippi, had segregated proms!

Prom Night in Mississippi: “Whites Only” High School Prom

“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.” —Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I received this via email. Thanks Uncle Reggie

BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS BE ADVISED:

This video was created to inspire young African-Americans not to fall prey to some of the problems they face in society.

The use of the voice “Master of Darkness” represents evil, which is where the blame of all problems should be placed, and not on any one group of people.

This video should not to be used to divide people (Black & White), there are images of heroes that are white in this video, and there are images of Black & White coming together with the words of Dr. King in the background.  Read more... (241 words, estimated 58 secs reading time)

DAY of OUTRAGE
Aren’t The Police Suppose To Serve and Protect?
I wanted to wait to post this when I felt more capable of intelligently articulating my thoughts and feelings… but I can’t so bare with me. I JUST saw this for the very first time so its raw. I’m tired of hearing about this type of abuse and I’m tired of US laying down and taking it… It makes wonder if we are desensitized. Police brutality is a part of American history, in fact, its as American as apple pie….but how many more have to be brutalized, abused, shot, killed…before we re-write history and demand something different than what we’ve been getting? I’m really upset. Aren’t we suppose to call 911 for help? Look what happened to this young man!  Read more... (147 words, estimated 35 secs reading time)