Crime and violence has been prevalent in our communities for as long as there has been man, and recently I became a victim of that senseless violence indirectly. A former classmate of mine, Derrick Taylor, was killed on 3/17/07 in Prince George's County (PGC), Maryland. Derrick's death was not unique he was 1 of 6 people that were killed in that 1 county in the course of 30 hours.
Derrick's death is reflective of a society that unfortunately has become immune to the suicide we are committing in our communities everyday. I have to admit that this blog post should have been written a long time ago but even I have become immune to the current state of my community. We are to dependent on others to change the way we live and the circumstances that challenge us every day.
I am by no means criticizing us as African-Americans and Blacks but in real terms we "have to get it together."
I know that change is not always a collective effort and always begins with a spark in one individual. I acknowledge that change begins with one individual and I will step up and be that individual but I also challenge you all to step up and step out with me to make a change.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Are we asleep????
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We are becoming immune. Almost all of us know someone who has been the hurt or killed.
The teachers at the school I work for were talking about a similar thing last week. There was a fight in the hallway and at the end of the day the teacher who broke it up asked us all if we'd heard it. None of us had. She was shocked because it was a loud fight between two girls. She said that we must really be becoming immune to yelling and screaming in the hallways. We all then realized that we had heard some screaming in the hallway, but that it hadn't been enough to draw us out of our rooms. At this realization, it dawned on us what had happened to us. We as teachers had begun to treat unacceptable behavior as normal. We didn't even notice it. It was a real wake-up moment for us.
How many crisis have we become immune to?
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