So, I am in speech therapy again and am working hard and sometimes , ok a lot of the time, I drool. Once while saying the /th/ sound I accidentally sprayed my speech therapist . I got so embarrassed and rushed to apologize . She wasn't mad and said that I couldn't help it.
This week in America two black men were shot by the police. This is not new, but this is the first time I am talking about it. Black lives , not all lives in particular because black lives have been tossed away without public regard for all of America's history mater. They matter because they are people who are a part of families. They matter because the person killed by the police is someone's son, brother, lover, friend. They matter.
One of the reasons that it seems silly to me to judge someone based on a characteristic , such as race, gender, sexual oreantation, religion or ability. Is that these are characteristics that the person themselves has no control over. The individual person does not chose these characteristics yet in America we tend to punish certain groups for a characteristic that they themselves did not have control over. Just like disability, my mixed race identity has contributed to the person that I am. I am a disabled women of color. I knew about slavery before it was taught to us. My mom has stories of the Jim Crow south as do my grandparents. It shapes me into a more conscious person. It is not something I chose, but it has shaped me into the person that I am today.
To judge someone because they are different for whatever reason is wrong. Because it is all by chance. Random Chance. The bad thing is that some people think they are better because of chance. There is one race the human race. We are better together.
Remember the Golden Rule: Treat Others The Same Way You Want to be Treated
My deepest condolences to those that have loss a person to police violence
