Too Much...

So this semester I am taking 2 similar classes that have riled my inner activist: Equity and Social Justice (ESJS) in Education supported by Community Psychology. A few people on my campus know that I have been on an "Everything wrong with society today can be traced back to slavery and the Europeans" kick. This acknowledgment is enhanced every class when yet another social issue is presented to me in Community Psych after I explored the historical context of social issues, sometimes the same issues earlier in ESJE...no, it does not help that I have both classes in the same day, twice a week. Any who, these built up emotions have led me to create another blog with the direction of connecting today's social problems, primarily in the African American community, to slavery and the tactics used to maintain control in this economic system. The purpose of this dissection is not to create an excuse for our community or to place full blame on any one party. However, I do believe that slavery is an even/lifestyle that we tend to date as if we no longer share a connection to it. The trends of slavery are still very relevant in our lives and the only way to know that we are moving away from it (although the times my show we are regressing back to it) is to assess its actual role in our lives today. This blog will be up and running withing the next couple weeks as I organize my own information and feelings towards the topic at hand. Please note, that while my opinions will be based on true events, I am not conducting any extra curricular research to back up my statements. Just the words of an insider observing from the outside.

...until next time, stay true to you.