Comment from Phyllis Stewart

Excellent

This is very true and things have improved so verrry much since I was a child. MLK did the job that had to be done, and we are a different country today. Still, it can get better. Racism runs both ways. Sixty percent of blacks say they are prejudiced against whites now.. so the pendulum is swinging. It usually does. Many fewer whites are as prejudiced as blacks, by all surveys.Mobs of blacks are playing the "knockout" game with whites at random. That means punching them in the face and head trying to knock them unconscious. It's a new sport in the big cities. So keep that in mind when you hear the word RACISM. Look up "flash mobs" and "knockout game" on google. There are hundreds of examples in just the past year, all over the nation. These black teen mobs pick on old, handicapped, anyone they find alone and defenseless. So be careful where you walk.

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 Comment Written 24-Aug-2013

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reply by the author on 24-Aug-2013

I will definitely keep that in mind. I wrote this in reference to the media coverage of the Zimmerman trial which I feel was unfair. Also, and more recently, in response to the murder of Christopher Lane from Australia by three teens who have said they were bored and needed something to do. Two of the teens were black and one was white. One of the black boys and the youngest of the three was attempting to join a gang. It has been discovered this week that he had tweeted that "90% of white ppl are nasty. #hate white people." Two of the teens are being tried as adults for first degree murder. They shot him in the back. The problem now is the media and the general public who are up in arms and making negative statements back and forth to each other and many are racially charged statements. This happened in my hometown of Duncan, Oklahoma, and I am heartsick and afraid the violence will continue. My children and grandchildren live close by so I am worried about them but also about my nieces and nephews who live there and are half white and half black. It is just sad. Sorry I went into a long story. Thank you very much for the encouraging review.

reply by Phyllis Stewart on 24-Aug-2013

I see you DEFINITELY understand then. Till that happened, along with the black boys in FL beating the white kid on the bus, all reference to racism implied whites were out to get blacks. Now it's finally being seen as a problem that goes both ways. I feel so sorry for Zimmerman. The race hustlers of the country who make an industry and profit from race-baiting and try to keep racism alive is what is at fault. People were getting along so much better, even electing a black president. It's like some are TRYING to cause racial strife. It's sick and dangerous. It's going backwards. Without the media and the justice dept interfering, the Zimmerman case would never have gone to trial. The local cops and DA didn't plan to charge him since it was clearly self-defense, but Holder etal WANTED to make race an issue to divide people on purpose. Just like "Rules for Radicals" By Saul Alinsky teaches. Dividing the populace black vs white and rich vs poor is one step in taking control of our lives and destroying freedom to replace it with tyranny of communism. This is not happening on its own. It's deliberate. This country is on the brink of total collapse and the next generation may not be free unless people wake up to what's really going on.

reply by the author on 24-Aug-2013

I could not agree more. I feel exactly the same way. I am so afraid of so many things I find myself becoming overwhelmed. I have to take a breath and ask for God's love and direction so I don't inadvertently make things worse. That is the full context for the poem. I really appreciate you taking the time to continue the conversation. It means a lot when you know you are not alone.

reply by Phyllis Stewart on 24-Aug-2013

I'm old enough to recall separate water fountains, bathrooms, public pools, etc. I traveled across the country with my best friend when I was 16. Her mother was a fourth grade school teacher, influencing young minds. We stopped to eat one day and she checked out the restaurant first, as she always did. I didn't know why until that day, when she came back to the car and said we'd have to find another place to eat because there were two black women seated at the counter.

reply by the author on 24-Aug-2013

It hurts my heart so much that so many people endured such needless suffering. I was very sheltered for most of that but did live in a segregated community for years while growing up. My parents taught us equality and fairness for all. When we later moved to a desegregated school system I didn't realize until years later that black kids had only been attending those schools for six or seven years. My sister met her husband in 1980. Then black men did NOT date white women in my community without expecting a lot of social fallout. They did not lynch anymore but the shunning of the community could be very persuasive. After my niece was born, my sister was fired from a job when they discovered her child's father was black. The most angered I ever was happened when my niece attended middle school and was harrassed and called "zebra" and "Oreo" because of her race. I have a friend who has told me of his experience of having to get his meals from a restaurant from the back door because black people werent allowed to eat in the dining room. I hope we never see those days again but I'm afraid you are right and it is being stirred intentionally. Hopefully there are many more who will join me in prayer for mutual love and understanding instead.

reply by Phyllis Stewart on 24-Aug-2013

What horrific things your sister and niece endured. Thankfully we had MLK. That man was truly sent by God.