This is the most odious post I've seen regarding the Michael
Brown killing. What supporting evidence is there to suggest that they didn't
love their son? Why are we swimming upstream to attack his family instead of
assisting them?
There are two points I take issue with regarding this post: 1) There are broken homes depicted in ALL races so political figures would need to help the more than just the Black Community with family values. To say this is to suggest that the black community is the only population suffering from dysfunction and moral debilitation. No, the fact that he didn’t have two loving parents isn’t "THE TRUE SADNESS OF MICHAEL BROWN". The true sadness is that after his killing, it’s evident that society is more comfortable with offering verbal assaults instead of societal solutions, society is more comfortable with taking a “that’s too bad for them” position instead of an “if you cry I cry” state of being. The TRUE sadness is that we have Michael Browns living down the street from us and we never take the time to volunteer as a mentor at their school, to create community programs for them to be a part of or simply to send them an encouraging message to let them know that they are important and that they matter. We all too often sit behind our keyboard and perpetuate the FALSE stereotype that all black men are armed and dangerous based solely upon the amount of melanin they possess. And that false notion that melanin is tantamount to a societal menace is what makes us cross the street when black people are approaching, and makes us follow them around in stores when they are shopping, and makes us only offer TYPED potential solutions instead of becoming one. And 2) Sharpton, Jackson, Holder, and Obama are political figures so I don't expect them to enact policy to help my household with togetherness strategies or communication skills. Although Obama has tried (http://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper), people don’t want the government in their cars (seatbelt law) so I’m sure they would vehemently object to big government in their homes. If “how to have a solid stable home” adjudication did take place, the first thing people would say is “they’re overreaching!” Besides, Jesus already made available the law of righteousness to assist my family in that manner. So no, I don’t expect big government to do for me what my community can. I must look to my community leaders, my church, my neighbors, and my God to teach me how to have a healthy household regardless of my race. So for ‘Stacy on the Right’ to suggest that family dysfunction inevitably leads to delinquency and ultimately a violent death is offensive to me personally. Additionally, I would challenge her to look at my life and the lives of at least 8 other successful young black people in my cell phone. We didn’t grow up in stable, secure environments with two loving parents, but with God's guidance, community leaders who care, and our faith, despite society's conjuncture-filled claims and inflammatory posts, we have and will continue to overcome.
There are two points I take issue with regarding this post: 1) There are broken homes depicted in ALL races so political figures would need to help the more than just the Black Community with family values. To say this is to suggest that the black community is the only population suffering from dysfunction and moral debilitation. No, the fact that he didn’t have two loving parents isn’t "THE TRUE SADNESS OF MICHAEL BROWN". The true sadness is that after his killing, it’s evident that society is more comfortable with offering verbal assaults instead of societal solutions, society is more comfortable with taking a “that’s too bad for them” position instead of an “if you cry I cry” state of being. The TRUE sadness is that we have Michael Browns living down the street from us and we never take the time to volunteer as a mentor at their school, to create community programs for them to be a part of or simply to send them an encouraging message to let them know that they are important and that they matter. We all too often sit behind our keyboard and perpetuate the FALSE stereotype that all black men are armed and dangerous based solely upon the amount of melanin they possess. And that false notion that melanin is tantamount to a societal menace is what makes us cross the street when black people are approaching, and makes us follow them around in stores when they are shopping, and makes us only offer TYPED potential solutions instead of becoming one. And 2) Sharpton, Jackson, Holder, and Obama are political figures so I don't expect them to enact policy to help my household with togetherness strategies or communication skills. Although Obama has tried (http://www.whitehouse.gov/my-brothers-keeper), people don’t want the government in their cars (seatbelt law) so I’m sure they would vehemently object to big government in their homes. If “how to have a solid stable home” adjudication did take place, the first thing people would say is “they’re overreaching!” Besides, Jesus already made available the law of righteousness to assist my family in that manner. So no, I don’t expect big government to do for me what my community can. I must look to my community leaders, my church, my neighbors, and my God to teach me how to have a healthy household regardless of my race. So for ‘Stacy on the Right’ to suggest that family dysfunction inevitably leads to delinquency and ultimately a violent death is offensive to me personally. Additionally, I would challenge her to look at my life and the lives of at least 8 other successful young black people in my cell phone. We didn’t grow up in stable, secure environments with two loving parents, but with God's guidance, community leaders who care, and our faith, despite society's conjuncture-filled claims and inflammatory posts, we have and will continue to overcome.
Society tunes in for tragedy and foolishness while shunning
humility and virtue. We seek out differences. We use a kaleidoscope on our
problems and a magnifying glass on others'. We numb ourselves to compassion then
crash into each other just so we can feel something. So you see ‘Stacy on the
Right’, society at large is the epitome of dysfunction, but there’s hope. If we
would spend our energies proving that we are #bettertogether (black/white,
left/right) and begin to provoke each other to love, oh what a wonderful
world we would be.
Quote: "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Song: "Do Something" by Matthew West
Meditation Scripture: James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
Quote: "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
Song: "Do Something" by Matthew West
Meditation Scripture: James 4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is sin.
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