Repsect. (A Writercize Challenge)
A Writercize challenge. I haven't done one in over a year. And this one is a little out of my comfort zone, since it asks me to write an journalistic opinion column on how I feel about various police actions in the last few months. Michael Brown Eric Garner Tamir Rice And a number of other incidents that should cause great concern. Is a White life greater than a Black one? On the surface, you would think so. In each of these situations, we had White officers causing the deaths of Black men. But, I think that statement is a straw-man argument. One that diverts the attention from a deeper problem. A problem larger than the Police and larger than the people they deal with. It is a problem with power used without respect, which is the definition of tyranny. Disrespect breeds more disrespect. Soon, conflict happens. On the world stage, we have conflict over the world where side A wishes the utter annihilation of side B. And if you aren't 100% for A, then you mu...