Black America/White America

[Original post July 9, 2016, on personal page of Janita Poe]: BLACK AMERICA/WHITE AMERICA: In a few minutes, my Dad -- who turns 80 today --will wake up to "Happy 80th Birthday" from me. In the wake of our current domestic crisis, just days after the Fourth of July, I cannot help to think about how our country -- and the world -- has changed, so much, during his life on earth. When Dad was "Booker T." in Eustis and Sarasota, Fl., rural men hauled rifles on their trucks -- no one abused the guns -- and everyone respected the police. Snipers? Suicide Bombers (except for the Japanese Kamikazes)? Pretty much non-existent. At the same time, "colored people" lived an inferior life, by law. Mom and Dad's honeymoon: Spent on the side of the road because they were tired, and hotels did not accept Negroes. So here he is in 2016. Here we all are. And, I'm concluding that it comes down to this: Everyone in this country better figure out a way to get along or the lifestyles we take for granted -- trust me, it ain't "the life" in Rwanda, Northern Ireland or Cambodia and it's the death up in "The Middle East" -- will be snatched away by ISIS and friends while we're arguing. BLACK AMERICA: We need to pull our family units together so that we are not out in the streets, where some clueless, under/improperly-trained cop can kill us in the first place. Family units create generations with values and character who build strong communities, communities so strong you don't need to run to the white man's hood to enjoy "something nice." Family units create black men with pride and black women that men want to marry. You can't fix an ugly fester with a BandAid. We need foundational family change. Want good jobs, better lives, respect in society? Women ---> Stop bringing kids in the world before you have a solid job and a spouse to help raise the kids with you. Men---> Stop blaming black women for everything when so many of you are fathering children and leaving them behind. WHITE AMERICA: You need to stop running from the truth. You are living as first class citizens because your ancestors robbed land from the Native Americans. This is their land, not yours. Then you went to Africa and purchase POWs from rival tribes, brought them to The Americas and forced them into free labor. [How dare you dehumanized your equal, your brother in such a way!] But, no, that wasn't enough. Your people then went and created a society that -- by law, Jim Crow Law -- made you superior to the descendants of these slaves (down to one drop, you said). It's time for you to stop running. You owe Black America. You are benefiting, to this day, because of these profound wrongs. It's time have a conversation. Yes. My Dad has seen so much. He knows the good of this country and the bad. I'm signing off Facebook for a few days. It's all about Dad and his 80th. I do hope my U.S. American family hears me. Cause if you don't, it is my humble view that all of the blessings we do have here, will be going to hell. Peace. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009583951862