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The America of my Youth

I keep seeing posts. “Bring back America of my youth. When America was America. Repost if you agree.”  Trying to figure out which America.

The America of my Youth.

I lost many friends fighting a war for no reason. Worried everyday I would get drafted.

We had a President who was a racist crook.

We had protests for civil rights, against war, love and peace. Police clubbed them, peppered sprayed them, fire hosed them with impunity.

You had to sit at the back of the bus or come in the back door depending on the color of your skin. Some places you could not even enter.

Husbands could beat their wives and suffer no consequences because they must have deserved it. Women were to stay in the home and have dinner ready. Mrs. Cleaver was a role model.

Priests could abuse children and still preach on Sunday. We just did not talk about that.

4741 people were lynched with no justice, last one in 1981 by the KKK.

Should I go on?

This is the USA you wish to bring back? It is already here.

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So, which side am I on?

Several centuries after its inception, our nation continues to wrestle with its original sin: slavery. If we are going to eradicate inequality and end the racial divide, we must first confront the system and the bigoted history that fostered it.

While it is common to see signs in yards or posts on social media, the real work entails learning about the inequalities that grew out of the old system that still directly impacts our current one.

It requires improving our education system that is failing many in our urban communities; transforming our penal system that delivers harsher punishments to people of color; elevating the education and training for our police departments; and providing far greater economic opportunities for communities that for far too long have been left behind, beat down and oppressed. This is a broad stroke and just a few of the expansive systematic remedies required. This season of great unrest was not created overnight and will not be fixed overnight. It will take a collaborative approach requiring profound wisdom, resolve and grace.

These systematic reforms necessary are impossible unless we determine collectively to see the dignity, worth and value of our neighbors, regardless of the color of their skin, political affiliation, gender, or life experiences. We must accept the impact of biases and renew an emphasis to wholeheartedly listen, seek to understand pains, empathize with underlying frustrations of oppressed communities, and treat those from different backgrounds as absolute equals. This important work does not begin at a federal or state level, but with the reflection staring back at us in the mirror.

So, which side am I on?

I’m on the side that is tired of the polarization of thinking and refuses anymore to pit race against race, religion against religion, party against party, prejudice against prejudice. The side that understands we must stop sowing the seeds of hateful divisiveness.

I’m on the side that is angry with the way a significant part of our population, our family, has been treated. The side that desires fundamental improvements now.

I am on the side that believes respecting the dignity and value of every human life is foundationally essential for any society to truly thrive. The side that holds us accountable to supporting this truth through our actions and the side that expects others to be held accountable for their actions.

I’m on the side that is profoundly grateful for the vast majority of our police officers who selflessly protect and serve those they’ve never met, who strive to keep communities safe, and who risk their lives daily for strangers. The side that believes unwaveringly that they should be respected and have the same right as anyone else to return home safely at the end of the day.

I’m on the side of supporting protests demanding equality, endeavoring to both open our eyes to our privilege and our minds to recognize our implicit bias. The side that believes, even still, in the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.

This is my side.

And there is room for everyone on it.

 

 

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An open letter to America

An open letter to America,

Republicans- Blaming the Democrats does not work.

Democrats- Blaming the Republicans does not work.

Congress- a stimulus bill should be about the little guy who is affected by the virus shutdown. The guy worried about buying milk. None of you have suffered. Stop adding your pet agendas to every stimulus bill. Stop bailing out big corporations with tax cuts and deregulation's that line the pockets of billionaires.

Get off your ass and go to work for the American people. The rest of the world looks at us like spoiled brats calling each other names.

Finger pointing and name calling shows us who matters. Stop, go to work. Be a part of the solution.

Stop showing us how worthless you are, we voted for you and regret it. Get to work. Together

To all of us,

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Love, A concerned citizen

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