Racism and Equality

It is baffling to me how prevalent Racism and Stereotyping is still.  We like to pretend in this country that we are open and accepting of other races and belief systems, but that’s straight bullshit.  Oh wow, we elected a Black president, we have come so far.  Bullshit, thousands of people shout “Nigger” every time they see Obama on T.V.  Uh oh, I used “the word,” fuckin sue me.  Call me a racist or bigot if you want to, but you may want to check with the wide variety of Spicks, Coons, Crackers, Fags, Wops, Micks, Towel Heads, Kikes and Chinks that I call friends.  I’ll bet they have a different opinion.  Yet, I have never used one of those pathetic words in an attempt to spread hate or hurt someone.

I also have never been the one who says, “We are all equal, regardless of our color on the outside.”  I don’t say that because it’s not fucking true!  Sure, we are all just humans, but all humans are not equal.  To say that we are all created equal, well I think that’s some wishful fucking thinking.  If we were all created equal then I should be able to tie Michael Phelps in a swimming race, or paint like Picasso, maybe out shoot Kobe on the court.  I could practice golf every damn day and I promise you I would never be equal to Tiger Woods.  No, I was born with my own set of unique talents.  Just like every other person on this planet.  That shows me that the we are not all “created equal” on a physical or mental level.  We are either blessed physically or mentally from day one, or we are not.  That’s just  nature.

  Then we get the roll of the dice with nurture.  That’s a fun one.  The nurture component can screw even the most talented.  Or it can be the great success of some serious mental midget’s.  Look at Bush; now I don’t care about his politics, even his biggest supporters have to admit that he is one Whisky Sour away from permanent mental retardation.  You think that man could have ever been half as successful had he not been born into wealth and power?  I guarantee you there is some kid on a dead-end street in East LA or sitting on a stoop in the Bronx right now that has the potential to be a smarter and more influential than any president we have ever had.  Chances are that child will be sucked into some false school of thought because of the color of his skin or the economic status of his parents and never have the opportunity to use his talents.  I wish I were wrong, and yes, there are the anomalies’, the ones that defy the odds; thank God for them, for without them, we would really be screwed, but the majority will waste away and only become a small piece of their true potential.

 What I am trying to say here is that yes, in a perfect society we all should be created equally. My skin color should have nothing to do with they way you judge me.  My success or failures in life should have nothing to do with the economic status of my family or the town I grew up in.  Guess what though?  In this country, it does.  It has everything to do with it.  It fucking infuriates me too.  Yet what is the solution?  How can we fix this endless ignorance?  I suppose it can start by looking in the mirror at you.  If you’re a racist asshole who can’t stand Niggers and Spicks, why don’t you pull your head out of your ass and spend a week getting to know a few.  Take a look at the struggles they go through, see the ways they take care of their family’s or treat the people around them.  Instead of standing behind your ignorance, try something different for a change.  If you are wealthy and privileged, how about you go into some inter city school for a few days, ask the teachers if there are any kids in their classes that show serious intelligence and potential.  Mentor that child, get him into a private school and teach him the things you were blessed to receive.

We got to start somewhere.   The days of marching for equality are over my friends, we can’t waist another moment holding signs and blocking traffic.  Social Media alone has a tremendous influence in this world.  Start spreading your own message of love and compassion.  Love and compassion should be Viral, not some video of a cat jumping in a bag.  No more excuses, you want change, then create your own.  It’s possible, not easy, possible.

-AC

The Winds of Change

It’s been a while since I have written anything.  I suppose I have been searching for inspiration, grasping at the fleeting moments that move me.  Hoping that something from outside may cause that spark inside that drives me to write.  The truth is, this world is looking quite depressing lately.  At least from my perspective.  No, I’m not walking around a pessimistic wet blanket drowning in self-pity and apathy.  I just have a hard time putting out optimistic uplifting writing to please my readers when I can’t stop laughing to myself and shaking my head at the vast and growing amount of dysfunction and ridiculous current events that are taking place at this moment.  Where do I even begin?  How can someone with this level of ADHD and no medication sit still or stay on topic for long enough to even publish something worth reading?

  I personally have no right to complain about anything.  I have been blessed all my life.  I never had to worry about getting shot in killed by some trigger-happy vigilantly neighborhood watch man.  No, the only people I worried with my Hoody and baggy pants were my parents.  Shit, I stole my skittles and Ice Tea cuz I spent my money on a chronic sack of weed an hour before!  No one questioned what I was doing in a gated community, even if I was casing out an open house to raid the medicine cabinet.  Oops, did I just incriminate myself?  Get used to it, I’m done censoring my writing, painting a perfect picture for the world to see.  I am far from perfect, never have been and I never will be.  Sure, I don’t smoke weed or steal today, but I sure as fuck know how too if I need to.

 No, I’m finished avoiding conflict and writing only words I know my mother would approve of.  I’m a fucking indigo, that means it’s my nature to speak up about bullshit, pull the curtains on the facts that most people would like to keep under the rug.  The great part is that I can do all of this, speak my mind, call out asshole thinking and still love every human no matter what.  Underneath it all, I still know that we are all connected, we all deserve to be loved.  I share the same love for the middle eastern man who walks into a crowd of people and blows his dumb ass up in the name of his God just as much as I love the mind fucked Christian that condemns me to Hell because I don’t accept Jesus as my one and only savior.  For both these men have a soul, a heart that loves and someone else that loves them.  Just because I don’t agree or support their actions or thoughts, doesn’t mean that I don’t love them.  I don’t have to fucking like you, but it’s my duty to love you.

I feel a change coming to the way I write on this Blog.  In the coming weeks I am going to let it all go, not worry about how politically correct or sensitive I am in regards to upsetting others.  Instead, I will be throwing out a ton of controversial topics, unpopular beliefs and opinions.  Shit, this is my creation anyway.  If you don’t like it, well, don’t read it.  Get ready, shits about to get heavy.

-AC

Shock and Awe

How does everybody sleep at night

When outside your door is genocide

Children running around with guns

Never ending Wars that can’t be won

I rest my head and the thoughts begin

Memories of a life of sin

Debauchery safe behind the grandest gates

Overdose in millionaire’s estates

Pardon me if the words of hope

Have slipped away like a bar of soap

A snow flake that is falling fast

Marriages that could never last

I’ve reached a point of disbelief

Now that enough of you seem to be listening

Time to drop the truth like we drop the bombs

My own little show of shock and awe

You ever seen an innocent child die

Sat and watched as their parents cry

Mass slaughtering in Syria

Jesus must have moved to Suburbia

Don’t get mad I wont knock your faith

I simply wish we could all relate

Come to terms with the simple fact

We all are ONE and its time to act

American media distorts the truth

Murdoch and Turner paint the view for you

Flood the waves with celebrity affairs

While our soldiers drowned in PTSD despair

3 million kids on meds for ADHD

Pharmaceutical drug lords are flourishing

While our public schools are crumbling

Teachers forced to live in poverty

I wish there was more that I could do

For now I’ll do my best to write these words for you

Maybe it could spark a flame

Light a fire that could change the game

The Beauty Of The Now

It’s easy to get caught up in the future, or to dwell on the past.  The practice of staying in the moment can be difficult, but it’s rewards are great.

NOW on the border of Oregon and California this train track brings a feeling of freedom and spiritual growth.

NOW in Pasadena California, a moment of Serenity and Peace.

NOW a sunrise in Santa Barbara, California calls for a new beginning and fuels the desire for change.

NOW in Downtown Los Angeles determination to succeed.

NOW at a juice bar in Silverlake, California nourishment fuels the soul.

Look around you right NOW.  What do you feel?  Find the beauty in the everyday moments that we often tend to look past.  Stop the hamster wheel in your mind for just a few seconds, enjoy and embrace the silence.  For to live in the now is to know true peace.  In the end, it’s those moments of peace that make the struggle worth it.

-AC