So much tragedy. So much uncertainty. So much chaos. This world that we live in...this world. I know that the Bible speaks of the last days...the days in which we are living, describing in detail the very types of events that we are unfortunately experiencing and to which we are bearing witness. Yet, even with …
Random Can Be Good
I have been away from this blog for a while now - not intentionally, yet still away. I have been living life and all that that entails and dealing with some things that needed my attention, which, unfortunately, didn't leave much time for writing. Much has changed in the world since my most recent post, …
Fruitvale Station: Undeniably Brilliant & Necessary
This is a very well-written commentary on this powerful and timely movie that addresses social and cultural issues that have plagued our society for far too long. #lovebythedrop
Written by: Derrick Jaxn
Last night I had the opportunity to watch Ryan Coogler’s new movie, Fruitvale Station starring Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant. As expected, the story is a tragic and hardly uncommon one of a young black male being treated like the red headed step child of modern day America we’re constantly being shown that we are.
No spoiler alert here. But a bigger point is to be made by this movie that we’re too afraid to touch on.
Non-racist whites don’t like to talk about racism or to acknowledge that racism is still a problem. Why? Because it usually means they’re getting ready to be falsely accused of being racist. But because they’re not, nor have been subject to racism(outside of mean looks), they see it as just a figment of our imagination and a thing of the past. I get it. 
Blacks are constantly subject…
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