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Archive for June 2020
WONDER WHY BLACKS ARE SO ANGRY? TRY THIS CHRISTIAN BASED REPORT 8 comments
9:00 LAST EVENING MY STOMACH TURNED Leave a comment
Remember the soap opera “As the World Turns?” Well, this one was “As my stomach turns.”
Those who know me are aware that I turn my brain off at 9:00 p.m. in the evening to turn on the idiot box, and maybe even watch it and do a crossword puzzle or something at the same time. I like hospital shows, but there’s not enough of them. And I like detective shows. But last evening I started watching one and felt my stomach turn as I yelled at the TV, “Shut up. I can’t take one more show where the bad guys are all black” and changed the channel. Hey, entertainment industry, isn’t it time for a change?!
And the truth is, those guys—the real ones – are hard working actors earning a living.
Get on the stick, theater industry. Change the story,
And by the way, why is the family on “Blue Bloods” always drinking? Oh, but stick to the topic, Mona. That’s another question. Just sayin’
FOLLOWING THE GOLDEN RULE 7 comments
Recently in a Zoom poetry class at the Waters of Excelsior the instructor, Sheila Augustine. asked us to create a work using the technique called model poetry. Basically it’s a series of questions. The class suggested I should submit mine to the Star Tribune but I discovered their word count limit is 250. The following comes in at a count of 279. So, instead of the Star Tribune I decided to publish it here. Enjoy, I hope!
WHAT WOULD THE WORLD BE LIKE IF EVERYONE FOLLOWED THE GOLDEN RULE?
Should everyone give everyone the things they want themselves?
Would everyone be thrilled, as I was, to be given a nice scotch tape holder when the other women received perfume?
Would everyone be thoroughly happy as I was to receive a packet of TuLpens for mother’s day?
Should everyone be happy to be appreciated as I was for being their own unique selves?
Doesn’t the golden rule really ask us to respect the essence and value of everyone?
And if we did?
Would everyone expect the sun to rise in the morning over a peaceful world like what they had fallen asleep in the night before?
Would everyone’s bed be free of rats and vermin?
Would everyone expect enough healthy food every day so they could focus on growing their essence and joy?
Could all children count on the constant, loving care of someone who appreciates and encourages their uniqueness?
Could all children go to a school as clean, stable, and fun as the one in the next town over? With teachers who exult in their successes?
Would house sales and mortgages be based on standard financial rules?
Would all gifts grow out of caring knowledge of the receiver, not TV commercials?
Would everyone feel others fear as their own and do something about it?
Would everyone feel others joy as their own and rejoice in it?
Would “African-American” or “Mexican-American” or “Asian-American” or Native-American” be received with as much respect as “Swedish-American” or “Norwegian-American” or ”Irish-American or Italian-American?”
Would I sleep better and live a longer healthier life if everyone followed the golden rule of respect?
Would you?
ABOUT SYSTEMIC RACISM 6 comments
It seems to me there is a simple test of whether one of us white folks recognizes the truth of systemic racism. Have you ever said to yourself “Thank goodness I was born white?”
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