This post below was written in 2014. As I published the blog Revisiting Jim Crow, I saw it and it poignant reality is now worse..... It warrants reading.......
It has been a really long time since I wrote a blog. There are so many reasons, but one of the main reasons is I have been observing, reeling while observing, but observing none the less the rising tide of overt racism and abuse toward our president. I had no intention of speaking about it again, as I have talked about it here in the past. I had hoped that with each passing day the rhetoric would decrease, but just the opposite has happened. Each passing day, there is new and more vitriolic onslaught against our president. And when I think about it, really think about it, it makes me sick, just makes me want to puke because none of it is warranted. From the moment our president was elected, the racial atmosphere, the "race" dynamics have been riveted by a tidal wave, no a tsunami of epic proportion. And actually, let me be candid, it did not start when he got elected. It started when he threw his hat into the ring. Let's for a moment, let me get it all out here on the table. Because you see, I don't believe we can solve is dynamical problem unless we address it for what it really is, and what it really is, a problem with equal respect for African Americans or Black people. And the problem is not isolated to people who are not African Americans or Black people, it is a problem that many African American or Black people have as well. So, before you say oh she is doing a piece to bash Caucasians, you are dead wrong. I don't need or intend to bash Caucasians or any other group. I am reflecting on the disrespect hurled daily at Black people and make no mistake, it is not exclusive to Caucasians. It is a universal, equal opportunity disdain and disrespect for Black people.
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