All We Need Is Love – Right?

3/9/2007


Funny things I hear during my daily travels remind me that not everyone “gets it” – whatever IT happens to be.

What I’ve heard a lot lately is this sentence: “Man, I wish the world were like it was in the 1800’s (1920’s, 1950’s, 1960’s, and 1970’s) when things were much simpler, don’t you?”

FUCK NO!!!

Things are not perfect now and will not even start to be perfect until man decides he is not “THE MAN” but hell no do I want to go back.

I live in non-pink skin. Any DAY other than TODAY is not a DAY I wish to “go back” to. The good old days were not so good to a great number of us. I strive for tomorrow while tipping my hat toward those whom came before me…those who died to make it possible that I might live.

I live in a city that played a goodly role in the Underground Slave Movement, yet in 2007, remains one of the most racially divided, segregated communities I have ever lived in – and this from a Southerner!

We have come far but not far enough.

Non black (brown, yellow, red) friends have been stunned to learn that as close as the 1970’s, people were brought to “justice” for the crime of marrying interracially.

We have not come far.

Churches are still regarded as the Black church, White Church, Korean Service…

We are still divided.

Churches are still being bombed and set on fire.

We have not learned.

People are killing each other in the streets.

We have not become wiser.

Black, brown and yellow babies are offer at discount from adoption agencies because nobody wants them.

We are not remembering the dream.

Service communities are refusing to serve anyone who does not speak fluent American English.

We are not inclusive (more on this in another post)

Communities are drawn among racial lines.

Yeah, not everyone has a fair chance.

Joe Biden speaks…

Enough said!

Peace,
zss

© 2007 Wosesongs