January 17, 2022
What is wrong? What is wrong with this picture. Today is a national holiday. The country is celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. It is a legal holiday. Banks, post offices and federal buildings are closed in recognition of what this black man did to make the country better for other black men. He tried to make the point that it was not the color of your skin deciding your value… it was rather your character that makes the man. Martin Luther King Jr was a peaceful man, but he was also an activist trying to change the opportunities for the black men in this country. It is a good idea to remember the good that Martin Luther King Jr did. So, what is wrong? What is wrong with this picture? What is wrong is that a lot of black people have to work on this holiday celebrating their hero. Think about it, the country would not stop if the white-collar workers took a day off, but if the black men took a holiday many things would come to a halt. So, many of the black men work today and many of the white people have the day off. How does that make sense? The white people are going to the mall, or to a movie or to a restaurant for a night out on the town. The black man is going to work. A lot of black people do not have the opportunity to have the good education which is afforded to their white counterparts. Therefore, a lot of black people have minimum paying jobs, and to make ends meet they sometimes have to have two minimum paying full time jobs. What is wrong you ask? What is wrong is that even with the help of Martin Luther King Jr and his dream things have not changed a lot in this county. This country is still very white and very black. Everything is wrong with this picture. Let the white man fill in for the black man on this day of recognition and let the black man have a day off. Let the white man see our country from the black man’s perspective. It would be a great object lesson to see how the other half lives. I am white, and it drives me crazy to see how people are treated just because they are black. Wait a minute. It drives me crazy to see how Hispanics, and Asians are treated too. If you are not white you start out at a disadvantage in this country. I am all about fair. The way non-whites are treated in the United States is not fair. Let’s try to walk in the other guy’s shoes for a bit. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. That is the Golden Rule. Start living it. Feel it. Feel what it would be like to be always drawing the short stick. Happiness should be for everyone no matter what the color of your skin is. Shape up everyone. Every life is a life that should not and cannot be wasted. We are all created equal in this country…or are we really? What is wrong? Think about it. Then figure out a way to fix it. If the whites and non-whites could join forces, we could create change working together. Then we could all have something to celebrate. If we could eliminate the division, we could all come together and all become happier. Maybe after we solve the white and black issue, we could tackle the republican and democratic issue. What is wrong? Figure it out.
Granny-o
Granny-o
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