Dear Brothers, Dear Sisters Listen Up

On August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, MO an unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was shot and killed which gain national media coverage.   What goes beyond this horrific event is that economic justice has not serve minorities which furthers widen the gap of income inequality among white Americans.   Colin Gordon did a fantastic blog titled “Segregation’s Long Shadow” in which he explained, “In 2012, median black family income ($40,517) was 61.5 percent of white median income ($53,706).”   I would argue that historically that the U.S. Constitution and the legal system allowed whites to acquire wealth and power off the back of black slave labor.   Back then, the foundation was laid for whites to have better educated resources and slave laws to suppress black revolts.   I feel even the legal system back then was a major player to further enhance income inequality to blacks and later on in time to all minorities.   A good example would be the famous 1857 Dre...

Dogs will always be dogs .   They are disguise in sheep’s clothing looking for their next prey and if you are a woman who does not have enough knowledge to protect yourself then you may become the next victim.   Dogs can come in many different forms.   Here are a couple of examples. ·         Wolves :   These are the type of dogs who are savages .   Very aggressive and thirsty men who will constantly ask you out even though you are not interested.   The type of man who would try to talk to you even if you are pregnant.   Beware, wolves usually run in packs and they sometimes would say insane comments on your Face Book wall or flood your timeline with immature proactive pictures.   They are very thirsty creatures. ·         Domestic dogs : These particular dogs can be loyal if fed and taken care of.   They are very friendly and in fact will be by your side t...

Will Smith played Chris Gardner ; a struggling father who was in a slow down market to sell portable bone-density scanners began to feel the effect of income inequality .   At the early stage of his marriage both him and his wife worked hard for a living but their wages were stagnated.   This cause a rift in their marriage as his wife felt that she was taking on too much financial responsibility and therefore she left him and their son.    However, Chris had a gift; he was always good at Math which prompted him to try out for a position as an intern stockbroker.   Unfortunately, this was an unpaid intern and he had to compete with 20 others to get this position.   What I admire about Chris is that he was a single father who did not receive any handouts from the government or assistance from his friends.    His struggle became his s trength which helped him to accomplish his position in the financial world today.   A man in this posi...