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The Verdict: Ferguson's cry


 

My nation is torn in two, from the inside out it is destroyed.

An issue that will not be resolved anytime soon. It has taken peace hostage and

has risen like a disturbed mother bear. Knowing her cubs are in danger, she unleashes her fury.

She acts first, then thinks. First inserts her large claws into the once living, bloody corpse.

Then she takes notice that it was one of her own. As a country,

we have stepped on this sleeping beast, and have awakened a vicious creature.

And the rotten part of this story is that we are the mother bear.

We have murdered our children. We have killed our offspring with the knife of racism.

Out damned spot, out I say! Our crimson hands will flow forever until we fix the problem that is found only in us. We must become color blind. This issue is not a new one, nor is it an easy problem to fix. Until both sides realize that each is equally guilty, we will not progress.

Destruction follows a people who are stubborn and do not take rebuke. But alas, the issue is not resolved when we disregard color, but when we see through the eyes of God.

The only color my Holy Father in heaven sees when he looks at me is the red blood of Christ.

In regards to the issue of racism, it takes two to tango my friend.  No one side has the complete fault. So lets put away our claws and out sharp fangs, and put back our hearts. Love is the perfect bond of unity, let us love one another just as Christ loved us. It all starts in you.


 

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