Together we stand

 I was going to write about " forgiveness" but my heart is just too heavy to ignore the way I feel about this current situation. Although, I will cover the topic "forgiveness" in my next blogpost, I want to express my thoughts and opinions because we do not know what tomorrow has in store for us. To the matter on ground, I am so sick and tired of living in constant fear. I am tired of turning on my television to a berserk news of how colored people are being maltreated,executed,assasinated,arrested, and denied of their rights. "Colored people" does not mean black people in this context. I am generalizing the term "colored people" to qualify any skin color that is not white meaning that I am talking about those of us that are Mixed, Albinos, Caucasians and any other skin color other than white. Recent happenings have left me in a awe, it is annoying when I read a post,I check people's responses and read some people's comment that says "Must colored people always make a  reference to race", excuse me, if I as a black woman commits a crime and I get a different treatment from what a white woman that commits the same crime with me receives, I am definitely going to say the color of my skin played a huge role in determining our different treatments. One thing that we should all understand, this issue of "race" has been in play for a super long time.  So, it should not come as a surprise to anyone that colored people get different treatments from others but still, in this jet age, when the most powerful president is a black man, it is a shame that such is still happening.

    The justice system has been constructed in a way that it does not serve and protect colored people as it is supposed to. A recent happening, where four black parole officers who were carrying out their assignments were surrounded by armed white cops with their guns pointed at the four black parole officers tells that ones educational, financial, marital, or health status has nothing to do with the way you are treated, ones treatment by the society solely depends on the color of their skin. Most of the videos that I watch about cops manhandling people, I noticed that most of them resisted arrest, which is where we make mistakes. When you are being approached by a uniformed personnel, comply with them but still exercise your human rights like asking questions such as Am I under arrest? Do you have a warrant to search me? Am I being accused of a crime? in a well mannered way so as not to give them an excuse to turn you into a punching bag. Still, even if a person doesn't comply, I see no reason why force has to be exerted by the police. There are other ways to resolve issues of that nature that will not lead to death or the person being bed ridden. Wise up everybody!!!!! 

   Another concern, the police are doing theirs, some whites are doing theirs but what of us,colored people? I came home last night from school and I was told that my younger brother's school mate was shot to death when he was taking the trash out of his sister's apartment, I went on Facebook and I saw different news post about young black teenagers killed by guns or knives. Children are the leaders of tomorrow,right? Why do we not let these children grow? Why do we have to resolve everything with violence? We are a little fraction of this society, yet we are killing ourselves? Where in the world as violence resolved anything? I want to grow old, I want my siblings, and loved ones to grow old. It has become a daily prayer, I whisper to myself when I walk along the street, I say it when I look at the clock and my siblings and parent are not back by 7pm. I want to stop living in fear of losing someone I love to this barbaric act. We should all come together as one to put an end to this barbaric act. Peace and unity can go a long if we put it into practice, let us put aside hate and jealousy. Work on yourself as an individual, control your anger issues, fight the temptation of always resulting to violence and pray to God for guidance.