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!!!!!!!