I finished the transcription for your post "Perception". You raise some very heartfelt points about race & perceptions of society. I think there's a fine balance between sticking to our roots and standing up for our (perceived) race and knocking down barriers to make room for the greater "modern" community, where global travel means that we meet so many new and particularly different people. Not one or the other is right or wrong, and as you so rightly say at the beginning of your post, no one (or thing) is perfect. People change. Society changes. Ideas change. Even the "truth" changes. Not everything changes for the better, but everything does change is some way, all the time. I personally think that the main problem with the division of communities within a larger society (or country, perhaps) is that we all assume that whatever box we chose, and whatever category we see ourselves in at one time CAN change. We aren't static beings! We move, and change, and breathe all in one connected world. But ticking a certain box on a survey and identifying with a certain race sometimes doesn't just cut it... I think we are all global citizens --- and to some extent, that's what we should see ourselves as. I think it's a compromise where everyone can keep their own cultures, but we con expand as one. As with anything, this idea isn't perfect. I just think (like yourself, if I read your post in the right light) that we shouldn't be confined to one thing or another, and this is just how I see things. Keep writing!
Hello Roland , I would love to hear more of what you have to say. Beautiful picture of your family that is your wife and kids right?? Hope she knows you put the photo up :-)
Tyrone, I enjoyed reading your blog it was deep. I felt the pain from your words. It's different that's why I enjoyed it so much. You gave it your all and it shows.
As a fellow diabetic I hope that you do get the medical attention for your eyesight that you require. Facing blindness is a very scary fate. Keep records of all your requests for treatment and their denials and then should you deteriorate you will have proof for a case against these people.
Really enjoyed this post. It sometimes seem so much easier to lose hope and give up. I have been going through some difficult times and I can relate to you in the sense of not giving up hope, just HOPING better things are in my future and HOPING things work themselves out. I was feeling pretty down today, and your post has lifted my spirits a little, and for that, I thank you! Looking forward to more of your posts. Alexandria
I enjoy your posts greatly and look forward to more to come. I would love to hear more about your story and how you have ended up where you are (in regards to the 3 strike law) Alexandria
I am so sorry that you had to spend another year locked up. After reading each of your posts, my admiration grows. Even after being dealt with the sentence from Hell, you still aren't extremely bitter. I am ashamed because I know if our situations were reversed, I would be whinning, bitching, moaning, complaining, and desperately feeling sorry for myself. Most of all, I would be so bitter and ready to kill anything and everything in my path.
Your granddaughter is staying with me right now, while Scotty is in Lerdo. She is so beautiful and absolutely perfect. You should be so proud! I will do my best to get some pictures and send them to you. Can you believe that you are a grandpa????I have a two year old grandson too.
The other day I went online and watched the Quiet Riot "Party All Night" video. It was so cool. You were so young. I didn't remember being able to see you so many times and there are some really clear shots of you.
I need to go to bed, I have to work in the morning. I just wanted to tell you I love you and miss you so much!
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--C.B.B. (candleships)
I would love to hear more of what you have to say. Beautiful picture of your family that is your wife and kids right?? Hope she knows you put the photo up :-)
I enjoyed reading your blog it was deep. I felt the pain from your words. It's different that's why I enjoyed it so much. You gave it your all and it shows.
Thanks,
Nicki
Toni
from England
Toni
from England
Alexandria
Alexandria
Your granddaughter is staying with me right now, while Scotty is in Lerdo. She is so beautiful and absolutely perfect. You should be so proud! I will do my best to get some pictures and send them to you. Can you believe that you are a grandpa????I have a two year old grandson too.
The other day I went online and watched the Quiet Riot "Party All Night" video. It was so cool. You were so young. I didn't remember being able to see you so many times and there are some really clear shots of you.
I need to go to bed, I have to work in the morning. I just wanted to tell you I love you and miss you so much!
Always,
Tab