I was listening to a  FOX NEWS interview and the interviewee could not think of a word to describe the people of BALTIMORE that were rioting so he stated ” shall we say GHETTO”….WOW!!!!…..I though to myself hmmmm is the term “GHETTO and THUG” the new “N” word????? This thought has crossed my mind before…These two words, the NEW description of Black people seem to give that “PASS” to people who feel they are not allowed or cannot use the “N” word…..All you hear now is “She’s so GHETTO”…..”He’s a THUG”…..”It’s so GHETTO”….”Thats so GHETTO”……Even talk show hosts like Wendy Williams use the term all the time……Do we describe living in concentrated poverty “THE GHETTO” IF WE DO NOT LIVE THERE?????……..are oppressed people the same as “THUGS OR GHETTO” slaves were oppressed they weren’t “THUGS”….after all the term “GHETTO” was directed to the JEWS during the holocaust…..How it became the “IT” word in the Black community I really don’t know….I say we refrain from using any kind of negative description of Black people and just say “PEOPLE”…….When you are raised in an environment of systemic brokenness  you do become enraged because you  know there IS another way of life, but the system just won”t  let you get to it…..When the two worlds collide America is attacked by what they have designed…..But we cannot arrest our way out of crime or the “GHETTO”….America is OVERLY abundant in EVERYTHING we need….The count of  things we have is far beyond our realm….So why are the people running this great country getting paid MILLIONS while the people who are building it get nothing…as long as  unequal distribution of wealth exists I guess we will always have “GHETTOS and THUGS”…….America needs to once and for all open its doors to the very people she welcomed as slaves!!!!!!!

The things that are happening in our communities are a continuum of what hasn’t changed in America….Peace is losing its purpose……Lets not let that happen……ALL LIVES MATTER

I am MAD….SAD…..over the media analogy of Black people this week..”THUGS”…I am very disappointed in this choice of description of the young black people who were in fact doing what they should not have been doing..But to refer to them as “THUGS” isn’t helping, understanding has to be the approach. Educating  the community has to be the approach…Providing  jobs in the community has to be the approach….After school programs has to be the approach..Parent education has to be the approach…Healthcare has to be the approach….We are trying to save these kids not throw them away….Every child that breaks the law isn’t a thug….Our kids don’t always abide by our expectations..So we teach them we don’t just throw them away by labeling them hopeless “THUGS…. Are our politicians that lie, steal and cheat ever referred to as thugs..No they are not…The thing is the state of this country is never going to change as long as America ignores her past….none of this is new…..Had it not been for riots and protest and war we would still be slaves………I would never condone rioting of any kind…I do believe in peaceful protest…But I also have to say I totally understand where the anger and rage comes from….Its the same as any other pressure point eventually it blows…..Unfortunately these actions are always in disenfranchised areas……area’s  of our country where our America does not pump the same utensils to function normally as they do shall we say “suburban” areas…..You all watch the news and read the papers there is ALWAYS a park..school..stores….grants…HOPE….etc given to suburban areas WHY aren’t these same advantages given to “urban” areas…..How can anyone function when the world is locked out to them….you cannot function if you do not have the tools to function with……Now I’m not speaking about handouts….I”m speaking of the utensils and rights these people in these depressed areas are entitled to under our Constitution…….AMERICA has a responsibility to its people ALL of its people and right now she is failing…..

BLACK LIVES REALLY DO MATTER!!!!!!!