It's Not "Us", It's WE!

Bedtime PSA: All should know by now that I never follow the crowd or popular opinion. I use MY brain and form my own opinion. Sometimes you may not agree but that's why opinions are so awesome: we are all allowed to have one! Now many in MY community i.e. Black love to jump on the bandwagon of a headline without looking into or reading the WHOLE or entire story. My unsolicited advice to you all is to take the time to read BEYOND the headline. Sometimes you will find it's totally or somewhat misleading. Also stop denying the truth about our community and ourselves. So many of you want to act like Blacks are "do no wrongs" 24/7 and that we don't bring some things on ourselves! Yes there are ALWAYS instances of racism, hate & racial profiling. But guess what? It happens to OTHER races too! Don't believe me? Ask the White Mom of the son with tatts, long hair & who plays in a band that gets stopped & searched EVERY week for no reason. Ask the Father of the Muslim child who gets harassed and labeled a terrorist even though he is in the US Military. Ask the Mom of the young Hispanic girl who gets asked for her green card every time she goes out even though she was born in the US. Better yet, ask the parents of the young white teenager who was jumped and beat up by a group of Black kids who recorded it and posted it all over FB. She was watching it as she sat next to his hospital bed. So please, don't act like we're the "only ones" these things are happening to. The reason you hear more about "our" stories? Because that's what the media wants you to focus on and that's what each of us shares on all forms of social media. Don't act like you haven't because we ALL do it. What do you think THEY do? The problem (and the PLAN if you're smart and know the REAL deal) is that we're so busy thinking about "us" that we forget it's "WE". WE are all IN this together and must go through it together and put an end to it TOGETHER! So stop labeling it as Black on Black, White on White, Hispanic on Hispanic, Asian on Asian or any other stupid category or combination. The first word means shyt. It's the second word that you NEED to pay the most attention to! Real Talk! On that, I'm out! Holla!