Thursday, April 30, 2015

Mine Eyes Have Seen BY:KB © 4.30.15




I’m sitting here pondering the events of the past day and all if I can say is “that if it weren't for the Lord!”

Keeping it 100 % y’all, I’m not happy…I watched something unfold that left me extremely disappointed. I’m disappointed because I got caught slipping. I extended courtesies and chances to someone that I really should have been feeding from a long-handled spoon; I say this because I watched them be hypercritical and judgmental in responses to other situations rather than seeking to resolve strife. I’m also angry because I am guilty of bystanding and making no attempt to correct. 

Long story short: I just had to unfriend someone that I thought was like-minded (politics social justice) until I read a post where they were talking about Baltimore.....the person used the term "you African Americans" which is synonymous with the bigoted and divisive term "you people" The person then threatened to use the N word in lieu of the word thug which they were getting flack for using to describe the rioters. To add further insult...the person didn't check their racist friends when they started to go in, stating blatantly racists and biased posts. I initially attempted to engage all parties involved in conversation, dialogue and open discourse in order to hopefully educate them about the anger and rage that caused the riots but it quickly became clear that it was a forum and opportunity to voice longstanding repressed racist viewpoints…to which I had to say BYE FELICIA!!!!

I guess I am the latest victim….I was minding my own business when I got stopped and questioned by Facebook only to find myself in a choke-hold….a totally innocuous situation results in a death!

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