In The Wake

Let's just think about the ramifications.  People are priority, as they should be.  But what happens when EVERYONE is priority.  Where do you start?  Can you imagine the rescue workers picking out the white people to treat them first?  Yeah, OK.  Keep in mind that black people are the majority citizens in the gulf region, the police department, the fire department, the mayor, the parish president, and the senator.  What I noticed was a whole big bunch of people.  Black and white together at last.  Every life is priority.  What the hell is wrong with Jesse Jackson anyway?

I saw strangers cradling small children, women, babies, old people, their peers.  I saw people.  Not white people and black people, and yellow people, and red people, and green people (martians).  I saw people helping each other and caring about each other.   I heard people calling each other brother and sister.  I saw the unification of ALL mankind.  I heard about the tsunami victims taking up a collection to send to the US for storm relief.  Even Cuba's Castro extended a helping hand to our country.  Can't you hear "We Are the World" being sung at last?

Gees.  Jesse, you still back in the 60's or what?  Know what I mean homes?  (Will Smith phrase from "Fresh Prince")  People are so much closer together, especially when there is a crisis.  I was so thankful that such a gift could come out of this tragedy.  Yo, Mr. J, is it true they can't teach an old dog new tricks?  I don't know.  You've wanted this for so long, it's become a part of you.  OK.  Just let's rejoice in what the good Lord has done.  Pick up a new cause.  How about making all Christian churches depict Jesus in different ethnicitys: black, white, Oriental, Jamaican, African, Indian ("Native American," what the hell kind of name is that?  They know they are Indians, we know that they are Indians, so what the heck?).  Throw in a Latino for good measure. 

I hardly know what to say.  We've had a huge hurricane in the gulf.  The shear immensity of it leaves me speechless and quite humbled.  Those poor, poor people, helplessly going through one trauma to the next.  Now that "Speedy Sam" has started to get "his" act together, maybe there's something that "he" hasn't planned on:    hundreds of thousands of people going through various levels of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Comments

[drama mama]

my thoughts exactly!

[Seshat]

Trudes, where the fuck have you been? Go, read, get caught up before it's too late! I SENT you email, didn't you get it?

[Lu]

AMEN! trudie....well said!

[Weary Hag]

Very nicely stated!

[Mel]

Yea, me too. And I think what irritates me most about the whole Jesus image is that we know He was a middle eastern Jew. There are tons of examples we could draw from. For pete's sake, he was not a blond, blue eyed, clean cut dude!!!!! Yeah I know that maybe people may identify better with an image that is similar to their's, but the things we should be identifying with is not the outer appearance, but with who He is and the unconditional love that He gave!!!! Bite that Jesse!