The fight for equality is not over my friends. The following is from one of my favorite blogs, I hope it makes you think and reflect on your own life as it has for me.
Tag: justice
I Object….
"I object" she said... And we all teared.. We all agreed... And the tears flowed...
The Way of the World
Privileges bestowed for genetic fluke, Gifts unasked, undeserved given, Rewards unearned heaped, for the translucent quality of my facade, deductions made for completed chromosomes, a generous bosom and a youthful face. Assumptions piled upon one another, circling the globe, cancelling fairness and justice, for perception.
Justice…
When we achieve justice for one of us, we achieve it for all of us. The shooting of Trayvon Martin didn't just hurt his family and friends, it hurts all of us. Many of the students who come in my classroom already have a problem with the color of my skin; complexity of ethnicity not …
Lucinda Rose 