After recently celebrating Juneteenth and diversity, what's next? With the reality that most people of color feel challenged by the ranking term 'powers that be,' it can be challenging in getting such mindsets to think differently. Sometimes the powers that be are actually non-existent, and simply negative thinking by others who we traditionally care about, and those we trust and mostly communicate with consistently. Are the majority of America's people-of-color thinking that slavery is our only existence in this country?
Each time there is a new mishap, socially, or an advocative voice is truly heard, it seems to cause a delay, pause or ending of personal pursuits and social pursuits by such mindsets: "'I'm so frustrated, forget it.' Or, there is a habitual thinking that, well, so-and-so tried ..., and look what happened to them. Are we being held back physically from being who we are purposed to be? If so, why?
In my opinion, if we ever perform real data measurements of our social woes, and we conclude that much hasn't changed from former days of this country's history; then we must change. We must change our actions which will eventually change our emotional patterns. Once our emotional habits change, we hope that all others will do the same. What if they don't change? Then we must change, and learn how to work-- to the best of our ability--around such dysfunction.
Lastly, I believe, some people come into your life for a reason or a season. What if it's a long-standing reason or season? What do you do? If it's the same type of people, you are either dealing with a history of a pattern within your family line, or you need to associate yourself with a different grouping of people.
We have been taught to appreciate and value the unity of your own ethnicity. What if the majority of your racial identity has the same dysfunctional patterns? What do you do? My answer to the described 'What do you dos' is what does a caged animal do to survive? You move forward, emotionally, with your own personal attitude, no one else's--even if you're actually being held back to do so physically. So you, personally, survive what is considered the time when you realize you're actually experiencing and acknowledging ... CULTURE SHOCK. It is the time when you're personal thinking catches up with just knowing it annddd accepting it.
Each time there is a new mishap, socially, or an advocative voice is truly heard, it seems to cause a delay, pause or ending of personal pursuits and social pursuits by such mindsets: "'I'm so frustrated, forget it.' Or, there is a habitual thinking that, well, so-and-so tried ..., and look what happened to them. Are we being held back physically from being who we are purposed to be? If so, why?
In my opinion, if we ever perform real data measurements of our social woes, and we conclude that much hasn't changed from former days of this country's history; then we must change. We must change our actions which will eventually change our emotional patterns. Once our emotional habits change, we hope that all others will do the same. What if they don't change? Then we must change, and learn how to work-- to the best of our ability--around such dysfunction.
Lastly, I believe, some people come into your life for a reason or a season. What if it's a long-standing reason or season? What do you do? If it's the same type of people, you are either dealing with a history of a pattern within your family line, or you need to associate yourself with a different grouping of people.
We have been taught to appreciate and value the unity of your own ethnicity. What if the majority of your racial identity has the same dysfunctional patterns? What do you do? My answer to the described 'What do you dos' is what does a caged animal do to survive? You move forward, emotionally, with your own personal attitude, no one else's--even if you're actually being held back to do so physically. So you, personally, survive what is considered the time when you realize you're actually experiencing and acknowledging ... CULTURE SHOCK. It is the time when you're personal thinking catches up with just knowing it annddd accepting it.