DIVIDED ATTENTION

America has seen the worst side of people in regards to race relations in this country this year 2017.  Last weekend in Charlottesville,Virginia a group of  white nationalists, KKK, neo nazis all marched in protest to the taking down of Confederate statues of Robert E. Lee. They were shouting anti-semantic slurs, racial slurs and it escalated into violence among them and people who were counter protesting this bigotry and hate at this high level. To the fears of most who were witnessing this on television across the country not only was their bloodshed but a young woman lost her life when a coward plowed his car through the crowd of people who were against the racist groups marching. Many others were injured. This was on display for the world to see the divisiveness occurring in the United States with race relations reaching a dangerous boiling point.

To make matters worse President Trump showed empathy for the racist groups and was claiming both sides were to blame for the violence more so the ones counter protesting in which he referred to as the alt left. No surprise this man is showing his true colors and makes no apologies about it either. Yet he still has many followers believing in this racist ideology as well as a few black folks who have totally sold out or playing the coon card to the fullest. He is not bringing the country together but further dividing it as well as increasing the boldness of these white militia groups and supremacist agenda to  "Make America Great Again" in code meaning take us back to Jim Crow days where people of color were treated as second class citizens.

Nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room but the increased killing of unarmed black people at the hands of police on camera but no convictions or accountability of the cops, the pipeline to prison for minorities, inadequate economic resources, high poverty in the inner cities, are just a few issues to name that is contributing to this chaos and people have gotten fed up over the injustice.

The lenses are seen differently through the eyes of white people and black people for the most part. An example would be Colin Kaepernick last year taking a knee during the national anthem during the NFL season to protest the police brutality against black people in the United States.  A  majority of white people  felt he was disrespecting the flag , and he should just play football or find some other way to protest.  Many didn't acknowledge the reason he was kneeling it was more so how dare you bring light to this atrocity happening especially during the playing of the national anthem at a football game for our entertainment. No longer will racism be disguised as patriotism we see clearly.  And of course some black people felt Kaepernick shouldn't have done it either for various reasons. This generation is not our grandparents generation with the same strength of unity they had to overcome racial inequality back in the day, but folks are starting to wake up.  In order to ensure the next generation is not reliving an oppresive past we all must become proactive instead of reactive!

The bible says in Ezekiel 22:29, "The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed sojourner without justice."

Poetic Thought:

Not checkers but chess,
Strategic moves in order to fix this mess,
Racism and bigotry has a venomous bite,
The Zebra can't disguise itself, in plain view black and white,
Violence erupting into a deadly dimension,
Unity takes the blinders off, no more divided attention! ~ JD


The people of GOD need to come together more than ever, black, latino, white, in order to defeat this demonic spirit of racism. If you truly love GOD and your skin color may not be black but you witness the injustices that are happening then you will speak out and take action to help, but if your silence speaks louder than your disgust or action then you have asserted yourself  on where you stand. Stay woke brothers and sisters and educate your children on what's going on! Real Life University is back this semester, until next time, class dismiss!!!