controversies
It seems every time one racially-charged incident ends, a gender or religious controversy takes its place; Ruminate on the issues dividing our nation and world.
The Illusion Of Inclusion.
I was listening to an interview that Sean Combs a.k.a. Diddy recently did with Charlamagne Tha God, in which he was reflecting on how no matter how successful people like Jay-Z, Oprah and himself are, when they walk into the rooms of corporate companies, they are still treated like N*****. He referred to the few Black people that make it as “an illusion of inclusion,” that he was afraid that the Black community would potentially fall into because they see the Oprah’s and Tyler Perry’s, Dr. Dre’s and Jay-Z’s of the world and think we’ve made it as a people. This made me reflect on my time in the corporate world and how this definitely applied in that setting.
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in The Swamp
A Tale Of 3 Cops.
A few days ago, I witnessed a horrific car accident, where a bus ran into a car that turned into its lane while making a left hand turn at a major intersection. The bus spun the car completely around and then jumped a curb, rode a sidewalk and took out the main stop light pole. This all happened right in front of me while I was stopped at the red light. I immediately jumped out of my car with my phone, ran to the car that got hit, made sure the occupant was alive and then proceeded to call 911. A number of first responders, including police, ambulance and firefighters arrived on the scene within minutes.
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Black Men: Protect Black Women, Eh? Okay. Let’s Start With You.
Being a Black woman right now is one of the hardest things in the world, mentally and physically. Having to deal with the visual, physical, verbal, emotional and psychological trauma of seeing Black people’s lives continue to be taken with little to no accountability or justice is gut wrenching. Seeing Black women be put on the back burner time and time again while they continue to be murdered without thought or care for their life is mind numbing. But it’s not just that. It’s single mothers having to be both parents to their kids, while trying to stay sane and healthy themselves. It’s single women having to deal with sexual abuse by themselves because they feel there would be no point in reporting it or worse, little to no real consequence even when they do. It’s women in abusive relationships with men that don’t call the police because they know what the outcome would be. It’s trans women, specifically, being harassed, shamed and degraded in public…yet sought after in private messages on social media.
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in The Swamp
All Things Racist Aren’t Racism.
Chris Rock is one of my favourite humans. He is in my top 3 funniest comedians (Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy are my one and two, respectively). I was listening to an interview he did with The Breakfast Club in New York, where he was talking about a myriad of great topics, one of which was him being asked about his thoughts on Jimmy Fallon’s Black face incident 20 years ago. Chris said something that made me take pause. “All things racist aren’t racism.” At first, my initial gut reaction was confusion, to be honest. Then I repeated what he said, and there was something in me that knew I completely agreed with this statement. But to be sure, I wanted to have a full and complete definition of the word so I could carefully process my thought and belief that this was an accurate assertion.
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in The Swamp
Systemic Racism DOES Exist…Because WE Make The System.
The concept of systemic racism seems to be for some (mostly white people) a point of contention in terms of believing in and understanding it. I’m actually not really surprised at that. Why would a people who have had everything in their world catered to making them comfortable and reflecting their own self image ever see injustice in another marginalized group of people? This is not only directed to Caucasian people, although they are the primary focus of many conversations on race due to white supremacy.
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in The Swamp
Hey, All You “Black Square” Allies From A Few Months Ago…Where Y’All At?
Being an accomplice is hard work. Real hard work. It is a constant study in educating yourself, checking yourself, and using whatever privilege you may have to amplify the voices and causes of other marginalized people especially if you have a platform. But it is also the heart work. The work you do in therapy sessions; When you chat with your diverse friends and ask them to check you if you ever say something that is offensive or ignorant. Having the courage to do this work daily is legitimately hard. But it is necessary. It is required of everyone.
By Whitney Smart5 years ago in The Swamp
Our America
WE JUST GOT CAUGHT UP WITH THEIR CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT SYSTEM, " THAT US PEOPLE CALL "THE GAME" . THERE IS A REASON THE FEDS CALL IT A TRAP HOUSE. IT'S KUZ YALL ARE PLAYING THEIR GAME. THE WAR ON DRUGS WAS ONLY MEANT TO DESTROY OUR OWN BROWN PEOPLE. TRAP HOUSES FILLED WITH GUNS AND DRUGS. BUT WHEN THEY POLITICAN AT CAPITOL HILL THEY CALL US LOUD, GHETTO, PREADATORS AND THUGS (BIDEN 96) . WHEN THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR FLOODED OUR BLACK STREETS FILLED WITH VIOLENCES, GANGS AND DRUGS.
By FromParisWithLove5 years ago in The Swamp
The Slasher Called 2020
The scariest scenes don’t exist on a movie screen. There is no masked man, or doll, or homicidal maniac with a chainsaw, butcher knife, axe, or bladed glove. These pictures come from reality. Namely, from the year 2020. If ever there were a time to fear something, it would be now, but such fear can be fought.
By Skyler Saunders5 years ago in The Swamp
The political consequences of confusion.
- The political consequences of confusion. Thoughts on corona-virus pandemic October 2020 This is a world wide event that causing problems at every level of society, governments and governed; leisure and business. Searching daily for information and facts that can be verified, shows that confusion, misinformation and governmental policy changes are as endemic as the virus.
By Peter Rose5 years ago in The Swamp
