Tuesday, April 23, 2013

I want to have the conversation

I want to have the conversation where we talk about the 19-year-old Boston Bomber, and where we, as a society went wrong.

But, first, we need to have the conversation where we went wrong with the ones that did this:

http://www.freep.com/article/20130423/NEWS/304230086/Detroit-bar-owner-attacked

We need to have the conversation why we're not plastering her face all over the news:

http://www.freep.com/article/20130422/NEWS06/304220180/missing-girl-Detroit

Where we went wrong with this young man:

http://www.freep.com/article/20130421/NEWS01/304210179/detroit-hotel-murder-suspect

But not just in Detroit.
All over America.

Let's face it, if the Bomber were not innocent-looking, "could have been my son" attractive features, no one would be talking about why he was lead down the path. It's not about him being Muslim. It's not about him being from another country. None of that matters because where you are from and what path you take to get to God is not even a pebble in the foundation of the reason behind why he did what he did.

But we need to open our eyes to the world around us and see how many people we're ignoring to get to the good looking, cute, adorable, innocent-looking, mostly white ones.

Come back to  me when all major news networks worrying about where we went wrong with the poor kids that turn to violence, or the marginalized, or the ignored...all who tend to be overwhelmingly black, latino, and other non-white ancestry.  Until then, I can't bring myself to really give any fucks about where we went wrong with a guy that decided to plant a bomb at the Boston Marathon.

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