Racisim? Uh, yeah...it still exists

I am so outraged at an article I read on CNN this week about a black man in Jackson, Mississippi who was beaten and then ran over by a truck because he was black. Here's the link to the article http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/17/mississippi.hate.crime/index.html?hpt=ju_t3 . I was surprised to see some of the comments by people who clearly have not had a good upbringing. For the most part, people were in support of these idiot kids getting the death penalty.

There were a few comments, however, by some people who clearly want to take this issue and turn it into a "we didn't hear about the white on black crime" issue. Listen people, crime goes on EVERYWHERE in all races! Unfortunately, the media does sensationalize some stories more than others. This story needed to be sensationalized. It is a complete atrocity and believe me, if you watch the video and see that truck running that man over as he was staggering from just being beaten by these poor excuses for humans, then you would be angry too. That's if you have any kind of humanity, compassion, dare I say...soul?

I know people who are alive now and grew up in Mississippi. People who couldn't go into certain restaurants in town because they were Black. Like a friend of mine whose great-grandfather was stuffed and sealed in a cow by some White men....alive. (While his daughter watched.) No media spotlight for that one....Yes, it was many, many years ago when slavery had ended everywhere else except for...oh yeah, Mississippi. Are we really surprised to see teenagers running around in Mississippi with " F**k them Niggers" attitudes? Guess where they learned that from?

I wish people would stop playing tit-for-tat. There are some horrible, horrible crimes that have went on in the past against Blacks and are STILL GOING ON. I had my first racist moment with a white woman in Walmart last year. But I don't hate all white people because of it, Now, don't get me wrong. I love all races. I have friends of all races, my close black friends call me an "oreo" because I deal with white people. I don't think I am an oreo. I just chose to treat people according to how they treat me. I am cool with you until you insult me, steal from me, etc,. I don't care what color you are.

So today, my life is a bowl of fire. Fire that burns bright with the souls of all my brothers and sisters (black, white, muslim, asian, hispanic etc.)that have been lost due to hatred of our skin. Our skin! Not our minds, not our hearts or our actions, our skin. Think about that.

I love to hear any and all comments...please comment and share this story with others. We need to come together people and find a way to bring racism to a stop. For ALL races. God Bless.