Scapegoat

Who is to be blame for Michael's drug use? They are going after the doctor who should have known better. But the ultimate blame falls on Michael. His need to sleep and to be free of pain caused him to demand outrageous medication. And, the doctors and suppliers did what they did, because they thought that they were helping him. He had the money and he had the need. They wanted to stay on his good side,so they did what he asked. Now, those family members who are demanding justice need to look in their own mirrors. Didn't they know what was going on? Were they afraid that they might be excomminicated from his inner circle? There ie enough blame to go around.
And, since when does 911 need to know the race of someone who is breaking into a house? It sounds like "racism" from the start. It was "stupid." It was senseless. No one is going to apologize, but when they found out who Dr. Gates was, why didn't they just leave?

Everything

I haven't been here in weeks. They still won't let Michael rest in peace. He is the only one to blame if he took those drugs. Now, I had to call the police to break into my house once. Thank GOd I live in an all black community. I know the laughter. There should have been laughter. The neighbor should have looked more closely. Automatically, a black man is robbing. Yes, it was stupid. Bill Cosby, it was stupid. Mr. Obama is black. Had it been he or his brother-in-law, it would have been the same. A black mega-star had problems in a taxi in New York. Skip Gates is Black. The man had a cane. The man had a cane. Couldn't they have said that they were sorry and left the man at home. That's all. Racism is not dead. It is inbred. The policeman pulling out his past dealings with our race was saying
"I don'thave a racist bone in my body." I heard that all of my teaching tenure in a white district. When they didn't want me to teach their children, they would say that.

Thank God for the news. This week they are going after the Supreme Court nominee. She was right when she said that a latino woman had more compassion and common sense than a white male. Those weren't her exact words, but after all minorities have gone through, we use empathy,compassion and common sense when dealing with life. The Republicans are trying to stall the inevitable. She will be confirmed.

Words do hurt!

When we were children, our parents tsught us "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That is a lie. Words do hurt. Verbal abuse from authority figures, teasing from so-called friends and family, and things said in haste without thinking of another's feelings do hurt. I made a mistake in a e-mail that I thought that I had sent. In a few short words, I felt that person's anger and I am hurt by that attitude. Maybe it's the time of day or the fact that others noticed the mistake and asked me to correct it, but not this person. I am truly taken aback and hurt by the attitude. I use words to make someone feel good and to think about a situation. I use words to mourn and to praise. As a teacher, I used words to explain, to make ua laugh at ourselves and to make us appreaciate ourselves and others. Of one thing I am cured. I will not be passing anything on to anyone else to read. So any prayer will stop with me. I amreally upset about this.

Racism is still alive.

It is a shame that the campers who went to that Swim CLub had to find out that they were living a lie. They thought that everyone would accept them. They thought that since Obama had been elected president, they were accepted. No! That's why there are still private clubs. I live near a country club and I drive past a swim club. It's right across the street from an African-American community. Do we see an African-Americans drive into the parking lot? Do we know if there are any African-American members? Our young people need to be taught that there is still a racial and a cultural divide. They need to go back to the old theory that we need to know more and be just to be equal.

All day long I was glued to the TV. I was happy to hear Roland Martin explain that our funerals are Homegoing Celebrations. Sadness is secondary to the life that the person led. Michael gave so much more of himself than we knew. In the days ahead, they are going to be talking about the negatives of the will and the drug comsumption. But that won't overshadow the love that his fans and even his critics can't deny. Michael was a musical genius. Michael's full impact is yet to be felt. In the days to follow, the cameras will be gone. The friends will be gone, and, the family members will be back at their own homes. The reality will truly set in. Michael is, I think, is in tha Mansion assigned to the composers, dancers, humanitarians, and geniuses. He's there. Thank you Lord for sharing him with the world.

I have written this before, but it deserves repeating. Mark Antony's deceptive speech about Julius Caesar says "The evil that men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones." He goes on to say "So let it be with Caesar." I am going to say "So, let it be with Michael." We have been inundated with the drugs and now the parentage of his children. The Media have funeralized him in at least three places. Don't they know that his mother is a devout Jehovah's witness? No they don't. When they find out, we will be introduced to their research about the beliefs of the Jehovah's Witnesses. And, when this circus is over, will they apologize for disecting, his whole life?!! NO! Thank God for his talents. And, even though we dislike the way Joe Jackson terrorized him as a child, we thank Joe for his twisted dream of fame. Out of all of that came a gifted, gentle soul.

I must be losing my mind or is it everyone else. I already knew that the unemployment rate was highest for African-Americans. We didn't need a report from NYU to tell us that. We have always been at the bottom of the totem pole. We did not need a report to tell us that our African-American males are in the majority in prisons or that education is still the key to better lives. They did not mention the reasons for their conclusions. However, ask any African-American and he/she will tell you that institutionalized racism still exists. Perception or misperception still exists. You can tell my skin color when I walk through the door.