I'm at work now bored as shit so, I figured I had time for two posts today. I stole this image off someone's page on facebook months ago and have been meaning to talk about it. This mural by the way is in Los Angeles. I like it because I feel that in this country, Blacks, Latinos, Asians, etc. may be the minority but in this WORLD we are the MAJORITY. Its a known fact that most of the world's population is Non-Caucasian. But with that being so, on whole the people in control of most of the World's Countries are Caucasian. So, why is that so? Why do we let Whites have more power in a WORLD that we dominate. I think it has a lot to do with what I call "Nigga Mentality". And please no one get offended by the name. It's just from my experience being mostly of African American decent that this is a big problem in the African American Community but being part hispanic I see this in the Latino Community as well. Its sort of a notion i feel has roots in slavery. There were some slaves who wanted to fight back at there White oppressors and some that just sat there and took the punishment and mistreatment as a way of life. That Whites just had the power and it was nothing they could do about it. I definately would have rather died that just sit and take that shit. But that's what "Nigga Mentality" is to me, the notion that things are the way they are and Whites are and will always be in control and it isn't shit we can do about it. So you see them on your street corners or in your bodegas talking about what the latest sneakers are or singing the latest hip-hop song serving no purpose but to destory the world slowly and if you asked them why they didn't do something better with their lives they will tell you, "This is a White Man's world so, why bother I've got to make my hussle" or something in that sense. And its such bullshit to me. I lived in the projects half my life, moved around and switched schools over 10 times, been raped, spent the past 6 years in Fostercare and am still facing obstacles today but I will never just lie down and take this shit of a Country as being ok or anywhere close to it. True we aren't as bad off as other places but with all our resources we should be so much better. I'm ready to fight if I have to, to make a difference and change things. I don't just care about me or stupid material things that won't come with you when you die. But I care about the world as a whole and want to make it better. Because why is it that there are people who have Billions and just let it root or spend it on a yacht they will never use or a Mercedez-Benz that will just sit in the driveway because they have limos and chauffeurs to take them around and there are people in Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Haiti, Palestine, even in this Country the place that is so called the Land of Free, who are starving or on the brink of death because they can't afford hospital bills or health insurance? I think that once we as a people, the MAJORITY in this WORLD get together to make a change nothing can stop us but un-unified we are nothing. So, if you are one of those people or know one of those people who are young and just letting their life root to shit, say to yourself or them is this the kind world you want your children, nieces or nephews to live in? Do you want to grow old to see that nothing has changed? You shouldn't but maybe you don't care. Maybe I am the only person on this Universe who does? And maybe just maybe things will never change and I should just accept that. I'm not saying I'm perfect so please don't take that from my tone. I am far from it but I recognize the bullshit and my mistakes for what they are and try to make changes. What can you say you do to make a change? If its nothing, than why are you here?
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that make hating girls so hard. But really they really do put you through shit and sometimes I think they enjoy it. Matter Of Fact, I know they do. But on another note because I could go on all day with this, I had a class today that had me thinking about this Ideology by Foucalt that race isn't real its just a social construction that we create to justify our ignorance and that knowledge is produced to justify power relations and superiority. I've thought this way for years but to know its actually thought out and practiced makes me not feel so wierd. Knowledge in this country is definately used to control the masses. That's why if you aren't educated you have no power. Being uneducated doesn't mean that your not wise or that you don't have anything to offer to the world. Some people for certain circumstances just didn't get the chance or oppurtunity to get a higher education. Instead of creating more ways to change that many of us who do have access to higher education or have degrees look down on others who are uneducated. As if we are better than them. There is a saying "Never look down on someone unless you are helping them up!" and I try to practice it. I don't think I'm better than someone who is uneducated but to me there is a difference between someone who wallows in their own ignorance and enjoys doing nothing with their lives and someone who just had circumstances which caused them to not get an chance to do things they wanted to do in life. Shit happens in life that we can't control but everyone should be able to learn from those choices they've made and/or mistakes and make the necessary changes for things to get better. Again don't take my tone to mean I'm perfect because, sometimes I backtrack. But I know it and try to let it not happen too much. So, in ending this note I'm a little less stressed than I was starting it. So, I guess like they say, the little things in life can sometimes help.
