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Kids Are Saying "Don't Blow That Smoke In My Face!"

Have you ever walked down an urban, public area or sidewalk only to get a puff of some kind of strange smelling smoke blown in your face?  I have. After relocating to a more urban-populated neighborhood, a few years ago, I realized that such smoking behavior was the norm--an everyday situation within my local community. It is a normal disregard by individuals who smoke modern-day what?--Weed.  Every day this is happening in unique homestyles, city playgrounds, and public sidewalks. There is a new trend, that is happening, where parents are deliberately intoxicating their children with marijuana. A few weeks ago, I read an article about a mother of color who was arrested for exhaling such smoke in front of her children. I have learned that second-hand weed smoke can exhibit someone to have the same effects as being truly high; it's called having a "contact."  The overall goal of the smoker is to dumb down the activity of children so that they will become less active or h

Sherlene Stevens: Some Businesses Simply Can't Be Separated Racially

In this new America, I believe that there are some businesses that simply can't be soley for one-racial identity (customers). Does your list look like mine? My List Health care venues; Government staff venues; Places of worship or denominations when such organization is "the only" like-organization in a local community; Evening programs of places of worship; Political parties;  Funeral homes; Sport teams; Airports; Gas suppliers of gas stations; Car dealerships; Cable services; Utility services; Banks; Credit card services; Hotels, motels, Inns, etc.; and,  Internet services. What I learned from making this list is that all lives and occupations really do matter.