It's crazy out there!

Okay, Okay. I hear you. I get it. All my posts are about race. Well, no they aren't, but it seems that lately they have been. However, look into the eyes of little Dora, and tell her she doesn't belong. Well, of course she doesn't, she is a cartoon, but I believe the point is clear.

So, you may wonder how I came up with this idea. Sadly, it is not my own. I was watching TV one night, and they were showing an immigration rally in Irving, TX, and this caucasian gentleman (I'll be nice here) was holding a piñata of Dora the Explorer along with a sign pointing to her with the words, "Illegal Alien". How crazy is that? I don't get how people can be so inflamed that they make comments like that. We don't need TV writers, when real life is way more hysterical.

I have heard a suggestion for fixing the immigration problem that involved having gun turrets along fence, and that if they can pick a few Mexicans off, they will learn their lesson, and that will take care of that. I am not kidding, I actually overheard a debate, and that was the self-proclaimed enlightened man's idea. Well, we will never get anywhere with thoughts like that floating around.

So, unless we want Dora back in her country doing who knows what (selling gum), then we need to come together, and develop an idea or support a candidate that is fair. That concludes my last race post for a while....you can rest easy.

Race relations=Solved!

Apparently there is a storm brewing in our fair United States. Supposedly it's been going on for quite a long time. Actually, since the Civil War era, and you know, I thought it was getting better. I thought this resentment between whites and blacks was going away. Well, how naive I was!

Being Mexican, we often are left out of this white versus black thing. That's not fair in my opinion, but that isn't the topic of this post. By the end, you will understand how if people will follow my plan, we can knock this problem out with one 90 minute punch!

The reason I bring this all up is because of what's going on out there. Not in cyber-space, but in real space, or in other words, reality. Unless you've been knee-deep in some World of Warcraft action you know about the protests going on in Louisiana about the Jena 6. These are a group of black kids that beat up a white kid, and as a result, are being charged with attempted murder. What makes this case so astonishing is the fact that Meagan Williams, a black woman who was basically tortured by 6 white people, who is in the hospital still, has not been getting the same coverage, and in fact, charges are not even being pressed in that case. That is so ridiculous. This just highlights the prejudice's that exist in our world. It is easy to understand why resentment still exists.

In history, there have been attempts to make amends, probably government inspired in my opinion. One example of this, was the equal rights efforts of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder in the great classic, "Ebony & Ivory". I thought that for sure this would go a long way towards healing the wounds. Apparently, I was wrong.

I believe drastic measures must be taken. I'm tired of hearing class-mates, and well, the United States for that matter, go on and on about whites this and blacks that, and how we all don't like each other. I think what we all need to do is Remember the Titans. If they can do it, so can we as a nation. If I had the time, I would drive to Jena myself with my big ole' blow-up movie screen and projector and fire it up, and let this classic story heal the wounds. Better yet, I believe the government should step in. If you're listening government, and since I just wrote the word terrorism in my post I know you are, then please do the right thing. You dropped the ball with Katrina, please don't do the same here!