tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post6447854351551216874..comments2023-07-04T21:12:47.972-05:00Comments on Why Am I Not Surprised?: Dear George,changeseekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18350201531677548579noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-63676189115142636792013-07-17T14:44:33.836-05:002013-07-17T14:44:33.836-05:00What you said, Mistah Coles.What you said, Mistah Coles.changeseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350201531677548579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-55705045538214801102013-07-17T14:31:58.466-05:002013-07-17T14:31:58.466-05:00I too have dealt with white supremacy for over 40 ...I too have dealt with white supremacy for over 40 years. I too am stymied as to how to change things. i think we need to try other routes also. Like speaking honestly and openly with your white friends. Convey to them the pain---the honest to God pain of having to always think about the color of your skin. As if that color changes the color of your blood, as if the color of your skin makes you breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. As if a smile, as if the music of a baby's cooing is different because of the color of your skin. Ask questions. Ask them if they really think they can understand how it feels to be black. Ask them to speak candidly amongst their white friends and family. Take that extra step, be that extra nice and be that extra patient with a race of people, who lived in pain for over 500 years---5 centuries. And this was less than 5 centuries ago. You could ask your white friend why they think racism still exists. Ask them if they are honestly doing anything about it. We must educate ourselves, educate our children---in a positive way----educate the world. That one white person you talk to may not seem like it will change the world---but imagine if people were talking all across the country. Never stop the dialog. Don't let Trayvon's death be something we take up until the next tragedy comes along. Let his death be the beginning of the honest to God REAL ending of ignorance and racism.Mistah Coleshttp://www.msmistahproductions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-23690012386211744722013-07-16T18:36:30.321-05:002013-07-16T18:36:30.321-05:00I don't usually pump a post the way I did this...I don't usually pump a post the way I did this one. I pushed it out there everywhere and every way I could think of. I hoped that it would wind up being read out loud here and there. Because I was terrified that if I went to a demonstration and an authority figure even <i><b>looked</b></i> at me, I'd lose my mind and wind up in jail (not cool, considering my age and my diabetes). I started out broken-hearted and became livid, trying to hide it from myself because I have no patience any more. And I don't know what to do. After forty years of fighting White Supremacy, I'm running out of ideas that won't get me fired or arrested or punched in the face. :^/ Thanks for the positive comments. It'll keep me going...changeseekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18350201531677548579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-51652774370720881012013-07-16T13:12:20.174-05:002013-07-16T13:12:20.174-05:00VERY WELL SAID..........if I were still teaching I...VERY WELL SAID..........if I were still teaching I would certainly use this in the classeroom........carryoncarl smsgt ret usafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-68217887706966353202013-07-15T16:29:24.290-05:002013-07-15T16:29:24.290-05:00Great words. Great words. Brotha Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757828851843699053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-74577960627867739532013-07-14T23:39:32.893-05:002013-07-14T23:39:32.893-05:00No one can put things into better words than you !...No one can put things into better words than you !!! Love love love... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05954194905435451241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-52104844313198863912013-07-14T10:45:22.594-05:002013-07-14T10:45:22.594-05:00So true!!So true!!Dreamzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07628812978801898694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16645996.post-6633473575787388552013-07-14T09:35:59.384-05:002013-07-14T09:35:59.384-05:00Beautiful !Beautiful !Ashishnoreply@blogger.com