Yeah For Obama!

I am so proud of him.  He said what he thought!
His thoughts closely mirrored DT's

President Obama Speaks On Trayvon Martin At Press Conference
 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2013/07/19/president-obama-speaks-trayvon-martin

DT,

 You are in great company.  I am proud of your fortitude.

7/19/2013

                           It's about time.....Now if we can get Al Sharpton to sit in a bucket of
                           ice and stop his rethoric of hate, everything will be fine.....

                                                             Cheers..Joe..

Ah, my friend Joe, it won't all be fine.  There are always those with much to say that spreads venom instead of tolerance, compassion and caring.  We can be lights, though, in our own little worlds and not tolerate bias in our friends and acquaintances.

 I just toured a holocaust museum.  It was clear that not speaking out against bigotry allowed the atrocities to occur.  When good people keep quiet, the noisy ones win.

As much as some bash Sharpton and Jackson. Without the attention they brought to this case we would not be having a national discussion of what I feel are horrible laws.

I couldn't agree more, DT.

7/19/2013

                  Evidently everyone forgets the scandal Al Sharpton created 30 years
                  ago Tawana Brawley which turned out to be not true and ruined a
                  man's life.....This country from what I see will always be divided
                  maybe in another 100 years people will learn to get along ?

                                                      Cheers..Joe...

Squeaky wheels are not always perfect, but they do get attention and sometimes it's the only way.  The hope is that more good is derived from imperfect leaders than mistakes.

No one forgot about Tawana Brawley and I knew she would be brought up. The fact is that Tawana Brawley simply lied about what happen to her and by the time it was discovered that she made the whole thing up, it was too late. Many have been hurt and killed over the years , because someone lied about what someone else did. Fourteen year old Emmit Till was killed because a woman said he made a pass at her.

Lying is problematic. Al Sharpton should not be blamed for Tawana's lies.

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7/20/2013

                        Here's a case of a young black man in Mississippi who came back to
                        his hometown tried to run for mayor ( he was gay) they claim that
                        another young black man killed him, I think there's more to this
                        story , I believe he came across corruption in his town, he was
                        murdered , read on, this hasn't gotten the attention it deserves !

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/20/us/mississippi-murder-mystery/index.html?hpt=hp_c4

                                                              Cheers...Joe...

I meant to add - children have to be taught that differences are a problem.  They start out life just noticing differences without judgment.  Only when they are given reasons through someone else's behavior or the lessons by adults in their lives do they become aware that differences contain negative connotations.

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7/20/2013
                         DK...

                                Children don't know color, it's the adults who point this out.
                  When I was growing up I never looked at my step-dad as being black,
                  matter of fact many people got confused because I always called him
                  Dad, they would look at him and then me, whenever his relatives came
                  over I would be excited because I knew we would have a great time, I
                  adored two of them Aunt Hazel and Aunt Alama, I still miss them. Adults
                  have to learn not to point out the person, by color, religion or sexual
                  persuasion , then again people grow up with prejuidice....

                                                            Cheers..Joe...

Time for change.
You were very fortunate, Joe.

7/20/2013

                     Alice..

                               Thank You ! I don't know of any man who would marry a woman
                    with five small children, be kind, always taking us boys fishing on a Sat.,
                   talking about his time in WW 11 with stories that would make you laugh
                  and make you cry. Christmas was like Macy's dept. store, he always made
                  sure our wishes came true but he and my Mother made it understood you
                  didn't always get what you wanted unlike todays kids who have everything
                  before their 15 .......I miss them both , fond memories, I'm babbling on...

                                                                Cheers..Joe..

Wonderful memories, Joe.  You are fortunate.  What a lovely life example you had to make your world a better place all around.

7/20/2013

                   In reading all this about Trevan Martin , my memorie keeps going back in time !
                   I remember I use to meet my father's cousin Hazel at the bus stop ( I was crazy
                   about her, she was in her 50's.) We would walk back from the bus stop and I
                   remember a black guy passed us and gave us a dirty look, I remembered I was
                   annoyed and yelled: " What's the matter, you've never seen a white boy with a
                   lady of color ? " She pulled my arm and told me to shut up before he came after
                   me. As you notice I said lady of color, I didn't know in those days any words that
                   pertained to a Negro or black person. I remember one time my father took me
                   with him to his daughters house ( He was married once before,) and it was a
                   brownstone with steps that go upstairs but we were downstairs in front of his
                   daughter's apt. two black ladies were at the top and one of them kept staring at
                   my father and yelled : " Hey N what are you doing with that white boy ?" He in
                   turn answered: " He's my son ! What is it to you !"  She yells back: " What's the
                   matter N you can't marry your own kind , or your own kind doesn't want you !"
                   With that he took my hand and we were out of there, he made a smart move it
                    was two against one and he never hit a lady ...

                                                                 Cheers..Joe..

Joe,
You make me cry.

I remember being the "white trash" that lived in the black neighborhood in the end of the 40's.  I remember the smell of the trash burning on weekends.  I remember the weeds that grew around our house and the clean yards of the black people over the road.  They had a few flowers growing.  I was  free to roam where I would at 4 or 5.  I know it was before I went to school. 

One day, I walked by a house with a small screened porch.  A black lady sat there by a table.  I looked at her.  She said, "Honey, are you hungry."  I said that I was.  She invited me into her porch and sat me in a chair.  She dipped a hard bread roll into a bowl of melted butter and then into a pot of honey.  It was the best thing I had ever eaten. 
That incident colored my world for life. 

Years later, after the adoption by the Anderson family, I got my first job in Snow's Inn.  It was the end of the year 1959.  Black people still had to drink from other fountains, could not go to a cafe that was owned by white people and be served.  (Drunks that peed on the floor after the bar closed were welcomed).  A young black couple came in to be served.  Ms. Snow told me to tell them they would not be served in her cafe.  I could not do it then...I could not do it ever.  She had to go and tell them that her own lilly white self.  I quit. 

No matter what color a person's skin was in those days, if it was not white, that person had fewer opportunities in this "land of the free" than white people.  It has not changed a great deal here in Florida...and not just the south and not just black people.  White people who have the power and the money are afraid of the enormous and diversely colored population that is getting to voting age here in this small part of the world.  I am sorry about that. 
Changing the ambiance of the earth is a one on one venture.  It is each of us that has to do our lone part and once it is accomplised (not in my lifetime, I doubt) our lone part of believing that we are all one people, one human race that inhabits and is responsible for the earth and each other...only then will there be peace on earth.  It is a long time comming.

Love,
Betty

Betty and Joe, you both made me cry.  There is so much potential compassion and caring among people and yet the hatred and ugliness remains.  Progress occurs among the young, but it is an evolutionary progress that takes time because they must overcome the remains of the previous generations.  During the wasted time, so many people experience thwarted opportunities and fall into beliefs that do not create harmony.

7/20/2013

                       Yes times have changed , today mixed marriages are more acceptable
                       than in the 1950's which was a no no taboo....

                                                        Cheers.....Joe...

Just saw a comment on FB.  It said that Obama's word changes.
Last year he said he was 50, and this year he says he is 51.  So what is it?

His detractors are insane with hatred.  It reflects on them poorly. 

"Oh would some power the giftie give them to see themselves as  others see them."