I don't usually post things on my home country. There are reasons for that, but today I am going to make an exception to the rule. As it's time for me to say something about race, my opinion is too long to put in a Facebook Status. So here goes, and bare with me, and if you try troll, or hurt my feelings, you'll be removed from my facebook friend list and blogger permantely. So just take a chance on me and just listen.
I grew up in a promidently white small town. However, my parents raised me with the idea that all lives are important. Even mine, a kid with a disability plus a heart condition. Now you may say, what does that have to do with race? Everything. Having a disability is a totally different world, and we get treated just as badly as black people in public places.
Here's what I know: If you're visbily different from someone else, you get treated differently. It's not just a color thing, it's a people thing. If you have a wheel chair, you're less likely to get asked to a dance. If you stutter and have anxiety, you'll be builled by those who think they can bully you.
Black and White. Why should color matter? Why should college kids at Morgan State disrupt a family fun event? Kingsley Shacklebolt, a character , more precisly an auror and Minster of Magic after The Second War, in Harry Potter, said " Every human lives matters."
Are we too thick not see that? That we're all HUMAN. we all have hearts, minds, and bodies. It's how we use them.
I want to make it clear that I do not agree with the courts decision on Officer Darren Wilson. However, are the people who threatened him any better than Darren Wilson? I understand the need to have our voices heard. What I don't understand is why, do we have to be so violent to each other?
I think both races are at fault. Yes, I blamed both. Because we are both human, and we both make
mistakes.
I just think that there's a better way to protest than to throw a riot, to disrupt and cause safety focnerns at family friendly event. I know that there are better ways to make a point than having your child play dead in a mall. These protests are the kind I don't like to see in my newsfeed because they cause or can cause more violence. You can try and say I don't understand what it's like to be black, and I'll agree with you. I'll also tell you you don't know what it's like to have a disbality nd yo be treated like a child even when you're 24. The fact of the matter is that the violence that's happening isn't going to get our disagreements solved. I know midwest history and I know southern history better than you think. I know about the violence white men can do. I also know about the violence black men can do. That's just from seeing what I see in the city. It goes back to what I was saying earlier: Black and White, we're all human, we do good things, we do bad things. We also set the example for our children.
So, my protest is: It's the holiday season. Don't protest because your friend told you should. Research and find details. Then decide. If you think it's a valid enough reason to disrupt a family event with kids under the age of 4 and underarmed, then that's your choice. If anything I said in this post was just rambling, then at least take these two quotes with you:
"Every human life matters." - Kingsley Shacklebolt, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
" I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, I Have A Dream Speech.
