DOES ANYONE CARE?

I crew up in Compton, Ca in what some described as one of the roughest neighborhoods in America. The sound of gun shots was a normal occurrence during the night. Loud sounding police alarms and ambulance were common place. Hearing that someone had gotten shot or were killed was so usual that it had no affect on the community, only on those who were directly affected were moved.

We live in such a day where even the most horrible news doesn’t move us anymore. I can remember when I was in the Army, I was sent to Bosnia to intervene in their war. We were told that land minds were all over the place, so when you drive make sure you drive in the middle of the road. Gun shots sounded off each evening, my senses where on high alert. But after some time, even the sounds of gun shots and the fear of land minds became normal. Just like when I was in Compton, it became a way of life, and I learned how to live within this hostile environment.

This morning I woke up to the news of yet another young man gunned down in Inglewood, Ca. From my understanding, he was an entertainer, a rapper who was becoming very popular. I heard about it via Twitter, not the local news.

But what I did hear on the local news was stories about the cast of Jersey Shore going to Italy, a story of a young man who was not allowed to go to his prom and the millions of Tweets, Face Book post that were made in support for him to go to the prom.

My heart melted, because we are giving more attention to things that don’t matter, rather than crying out for things that are worthy. But we have become so numb to the news of another young male gunned down. It reminds me of the commercials that use to run when I was a young child about the starving children of Africa. Well they are still starving and we have just moved on.

There is a serious problem going on in America and I wonder does anyone care, or have we just become numb to it all.

The violence that is going on in America in the inner city is as worse as the prejudice that occurred in the last century. I think it is time for a Life Rights Movement, similar to the Civil Rights Movement. We need to get angry in a positive way, just as it was not acceptable for segregation and slavery; we have to feel the same way about our young men and women being gunned down.

I wonder does anyone feel that the genocide that is occurring in the inner city will have the same result as we felt racism, segregation and slavery would have on America’s future.

Remember,

THINK BETTER, LIVE BETTER!!!