Interesting read...

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No credits attached but, Still a good read...


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> >People Like Me
> >
> >People like me live a simple life, working very hard to make ends meet.
> >We have friends and families who are very important to us. We live in
> >homes and apartments, on military bases and on ranches. We have dreams
> >that we work for every day. Some are eventually achieved through desire,
> >determination and hard work and others may never be reached, but we will
> >keep on working in the right direction.
> >
> >People like me get up in the AM, kiss our family’s good-bye and start our
> >workday. Some of us kiss our families goodbye and don’t see them for a
> >long time when on deployment. Our goal at the end of the day or the end
> >of the deployment is to come home with our health and maybe a little more
> >opportunity than when we left.
> >
> >People like me were born into a world of pitfalls, peril and opportunity,
> >and have all had numerous chances to pass or fail. Failing is easy, it
> >only requires you do what is easy rather than what is right. Passing is
> >difficult because doing what is right is not always what is fun or what is
> >easy. We all stumble but some of us eventually stand up and head in the
> >right direction. In the end, doing what is right pays off in enormous
> >dividends seldom realized.
> >
> >People like me don’t care about your race, color, creed or religion. We
> >often hear about this terrible country we live in and how racist it is but
> >we don’t really understand. We don’t judge you by such shallow depths, we
> >judge you by your actions and character. We know great people and
> >horrible people of all backgrounds. We hear that people of color are at a
> >distinct disadvantage in these United States but we find that hard to
> >believe too. We look at the highest levels of every group and we see
> >people of color achieving goals higher than most people of any background
> >could ever dream of reaching.
> >
> >People like me look at the political spectrum and we see people of color
> >reaching such important positions as Supreme Court Justice Clarence
> >Thomas, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, Head of the Joint
> >Chiefs of Staff - Colin Powel, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., and now The
> >President of the United States of America, Barak H. Obama. We applaud a
> >qualified person reaching goals deserved and worked hard for.
> >
> >People like me look at the entertainment industry and see people of color
> >reaching stardom and heading to heights unobtainable by others like Oprah
> >Winfry, Bill Cosby, Beyoncé, Tyra Banks, Will Smith, Eddie Murphy, Jamie
> >Foxx, and countless other household names who have surpassed the
> >role-model point and have reached the iconic level. All loved and well
> >rewarded for their talents.
> >
> >People like me look at sports and see people of color dominating almost
> >every sport at one time or another. There are fantastic Basket Ball
> >Players like Magic Johnson, Shaquille O’Neal, LeBron James and many more
> >great athletes our sons and daughters look up to and dream about becoming
> >pros. Venus and Serena Williams have been dominating Tennis since the
> >late 1990s and continue to do so today. Tiger Woods is and continues to
> >be one of the greatest golfers of all time. He has won numerous
> >professional titles and there is no end in site to his domination of the
> >sport.
> >
> >People like me look at music and see some people of color as some of the
> >greatest talent to ever use an instrument. Without a doubt the early
> >black influence on music has shaped almost all current music in one form
> >or another. Many great recording artists mention their early mentors as
> >Little Richard, Bo Diddly, Chuck Berry, Booker T and many more. Their
> >influence lives on in every future generation through those who have
> >learned their style and keep passing it on.
> >
> >People like me are happy that deep down inside, we know that anyone can
> >make it to the best of their potential given hard work and determination
> >regardless of any perceived barriers or baggage. We live in a good
> >country, one with more opportunity than any other. We work hard to
> >achieve our goals and it takes a lot of drive and commitment to reach
> >them.
> >
> >People like me realize that some people don’t have the drive and
> >commitment to do things right and they hold others responsible for their
> >stagnant lifestyle. To achieve greatness you must put forth effort, and
> >sadly this has been replaced in many circles with excuses not to try
> >because of injustices of the past.
> >
> >People like me have had sordid family past histories too, involving
> >famine, slavery extermination, genocide, and decades of poor treatment.
> >There is no ownership of bad history to only people of color. We just
> >don’t dwell on those past events and we move forward. We use positive
> >motivation for reaching higher goals, not creating religious movements
> >that hold generations of people down by convincing them that no matter how
> >hard they try they can never accomplish greatness. Greatness is inside
> >everyone and given a little effort it can be found and will flourish.
> >
> >People like me are tired of hearing how our mere existence is holding
> >someone else back from achieving their goals. We don’t care what you look
> >like, we care how you act. That goes for everyone. If you dress in
> >clothes that hang to your ankles and talk like a criminal it should be no
> >surprise that people treat you that way. When we dress and talk like
> >that, we are treated the same.
> >
> >People like me are tired of hearing that others are being “held-“down.”
> >If you were born on the same date as me, you have nothing to worry about
> >because I have never done anything to hold you back. I want you to
> >prosper and be healthy and reach the same goals. Your potential failure
> >does not make reaching my success any easier. You can do better than you
> >are and so can I.
> >
> >People like me are tired of being labeled “Racist” at the drop of a hat
> >for absolutely no reason at all. Leaders in the black communities have
> >leveled these charges so often that they have taken the power away and it
> >has gone past the point of trivial. If I am brown and you are black and I
> >don’t like you because you are disrespectful, I am not a racist. Your
> >color has nothing to do with my feelings, it is your actions. The very
> >word “racist” should be reserved for despicable acts and people who
> >actually do base their actions or deny the opportunity of others solely
> >based on the color of your skin. It should not be bantered about casually
> >and leveled on everyone who looses a game of checkers to someone of
> >another race. The threat of calling someone a racist if they do not
> >comply with a certain action is “a shakedown” and is as despicable as the
> >actual claim.
> >
> >People like me are tired of being blamed for the faults and inactions of
> >others. We are working hard while many others refuse to work. They are
> >no longer shamed when they accept government assistance and ride of the
> >backs of those who are working to achieve their goals. Our backs are
> >breaking.
> >
> >People like me are tired of the term “Reverse Racism.” There is no such
> >thing. A racist act perpetuated against a brown person a yellow person or
> >a white person is no different than one perpetuated against a black
> >person. If someone is treated differently because on the color of their
> >skin it is racist, period. That includes being denied to a college
> >because you are white, being denied a loan because you are yellow or being
> >denied a job because you are black. All acts are racist and all are
> >wrong. Equality means no perks and that goes in both directions. Getting
> >a government sanctioned preference because your skin is one color over
> >another is as racist as getting denied a job for the same reason. Fair is
> >fair.
> >
> >People like me are just plain tired of race being an issue at all. If
> >Barak can be the President, if Tiger can Rule the Golf World, if
> >Clarence can be a Supreme Court Justice and if Oprah can reach the level
> >of stardom she has, than you can certainly get a job or an education and
> >get on your way to reaching your dreams. You don’t have to worry about
> >people like me getting in your way because we are busy working on our
> >dreams too. Its time to get past this century’s old “you can’t do it”
> >mentality, and start this new chapter.
> >
> >People like me want everyone to be the best they can be at the expense of
> >no one else.
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