Here's something interesting for you: Last weekend, the Juneteenth Festival took place. The festival had no alcohol, they even had an anti smoking booth that gave out information on quitting smoking, a booth where one could register to vote alongside various other informative booths. There was gospel music that was being sung by a local church, and various food kiosks were selling plates of food. But the police were EVERYWHERE. They were on bikes, in cars, and walking around. Now, last time I checked, I don't think they need that many police for a small gathering of people listening to Gospel music and eating food. That being said, this is why Juneteenth kind of pisses me off. I love it because I get to see more Black people in my town. I hate it because of the police. Across town, there was an art festival with alcohol, and a lot of the prices of the artwork were pretty expensive. I think I saw ONE officer and he was near the beer vendor area. I think there were more people at the Art Festival than there was at the Junteenth Festival. You'd think there would be more police at the art festival to prevent theft. Nope, they were mostly at the Juneteenth Festival. This sort of thing reminds me of a conversation on Facebook about profiling. I asked the following: Why is it that when a bunch of Black people get together to have fun, the police have to show up in droves? Maybe they were making sure nobody stole an $8.00 catfish dinner plate because, you know that food MUST be valuable or something. :p This was a drug free, alcohol free zone with GOSPEL Music that took place at the local college. What the hell did they think was going to go on? Were they expecting somebody to say Hallelujah too loud? Did they think we were going to celebrate it wrong? See this is what gets on my nerves. People in this country like to act brand new when it comes to racial issues and pretend they don't exist. They say things like, "I don't see color," "We're all human," "My (insert relative/friend, or significant other here) is (insert any race other than the so-called majority here) so I/we can't be racist. Talking about it is divisive, and the only way to 'get over it' is to ignore it, just like Morgan Freeman said." I say that hiding and pretending it doesn't exist is divisive. This country is abysmal when it comes to race relations because hiding from all of it is what started this mess in the first place. They were too busy inventing band-aids to tie people over or keep them from discussing them and dealing with them. That right there is complete bald faced bullshit. It's such an easy cop out to say, "If you don't like it, then LEAVE!" because I guarantee if someone told them the same thing when they were discussing an issue that affected them in a negative way, they would be up in arms. The difference between race and any other issue was that I was born Black and it's the first thing everyone will see no matter what I do, wear or how 'well' I speak. Contrary to popular belief, I can't change my wardrobe to appear "less black". If they truly had some love for this country, they would discuss these issues and stop hiding behind everything under the sun in order to justify their privilege to NOT understand what's going on. Maybe it's just me, but I see that as the ultimate form of treason right there. Happy Juneteenth.
I'm sure you guys have heard about that youtube video called "Blatent Racism in Cheektowaga NY", also known as Racism is Alive and Well. Basically an angry mother cusses out a Black guy and calls him a "N*gger " for startling her kids while they were in a parking lot. Here's the video for those who may not want to click on the link:
After seeing this video, people want to ask me the following, "If starting his car frightened her kids then why didn't he simply apologize and put the issue to rest?" To them, I say GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE WITH THAT MESS!!! Here's why: She cussed him out. Why wasn't she watching her kids? Everybody knows that when you are in a parking lot with children, the children need to be near their parents. They need to be careful. Sure he started his car, but I hardly believe she needed to act the way she did. I bet all of that could have been avoided if she paid attention to what her kids were doing and where they were. Cars start and move in parking lots. If she was worried about the welfare of her children, she should teach them to be careful when walking in parking lots. It's a parking lot. There are cars. The atmosphere is very unpredictable. She shouldn't put the welfare of her children in someone else's hands. Those are HER kids. SHE is responsible for them. I get tired of people acting like the world is responsible for their offspring. This is a classic example of that kind of thinking. See? This is why things are so messed up. People want to blame everything on everybody else and never ever take accountability for anything. It's to the point where people are blaming inanimate objects on a person's behavior. It's straight up trash, careless and ugly, just like this person. Come to find out, she's a stripper by the name of Janelle Ambrosia. First off, why would you tell the world you are a stripper while around your children. I mean, work is work, but really though? She just opened up a can of worms for her children. The mothers of their friends are going to find out, and all of a sudden, they'll have NO playmates. The children are going to wonder why all of their friends are gone. And guess what? Mom will say something along the lines of " Well, you would have friends, but that N*GGER in the parking lot ruined all of that by his Youtube video". As expected, the kids will grow to hate Black people because they 'took away our friends'. They wouldn't be able to understand that their mother was the one who killed all of their potential friendships by acting like a straight up idiot in public and on the internet. Everyone already knows what town she was in, all they have to do is connect the dots. Unfortunately, she was so high on herself that she forgot about what happens next. She called her husband after the fiasco happened, and guess what? Maybe her husband could lose his job. I'm sure he'll not only be shamed for having a stripper as a wife while he is at work, but he could either get fired for her antics, meaning that she could jeopardize his place of employment since people have the ability of finding that out online, and blowing it waaaay up to the point where the company's brand could be at stake. To make a long story short, this bitch is sacrificing her children and everybody around her so she could look 'good" in her eyes. And we must not forget about that comment she made about stripping for cops. Man oh man, did she throw her city under the bus. Now the cops are going to be looked at. Will names of the cops pop up all of a sudden? Who knows, only time can tell. I'll keep this story on my radar in the mean time. Oh, Hold up. I can't forget the fact she tried to redeem herself by saying that she had a Black cousin and that means she couldn't be racist. She can GET THE FUCK ALL THE WAY OUTTA HERE WITH THAT RACIAL BODYGUARDING BULLSHIT. Why do people feel the need to say things like that by putting another race in front of them in order to not appear racist? To be honest, anybody who believes this argument has to be incredibly ignorant. Just because you are or were tied to a friend, cousin, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, boyfriend, girlfriend, grandma, grandpa, etc who doesn't match your race doesn't automatically disqualify you as a racist. In fact, it seems that racists keep these "other" people around just in case they feel the need to downplay their racist diatribes or acts. People are so preoccupied with trying to front about not being racist, that they are willing to stand their grown asses up and look incredibly stupid. I mean, they are sacrificing their intelligence just to appear not racist. All it does is make them look really racist, and not very smart. I mean, they are looking like some old people with the minds of very small children. And we all know the exact definition of that behavior equals.
