Searching For the Waters of Antiquity

History continues to repeat itself until we wake up and recognize our part in thwarting the cycle of collective evolution. Until we stop making excuses for our actions or in-actions, we will always be a slave to our past thinking, to how we treat each other and ourselves. Yes, although you might not see every aspect of it in our history books, discrimination still lives in the south, in the north and in the hearts of mankind. Most of us are familiar with the issues of the African American. Our black community discriminated against since our earliest roots on this continent, sits alongside the Native Americans culture. What’s not in the forefront is that in the 1800’s the Irish were the main target of discrimination in NY, due to their steady influx during the potato famine. There are too many to mention them all, but other minority groups were hit hard with the discrimination ax at that same time.  I don’t want to leave anyone out, but let’s jump ahead to the out-of-work itinerants of the 1930’s made so by the Great Depression. During WWII had its own discrimination arena, while we were fighting to save the Jewish Community in 1940’s Germany, they were key targets of discrimination here, (see Gentleman’s Agreement). At the same time, the American Japanese were relocated for their own good; they say…the list is very long.

I purposely don’t watch the news, but every once in a while I stumble across a blatant example of the darkness of our collective shadow and see it is still alive and kicking. This morning I got a disturbing message from a friend on Facebook, with a link that knocked my socks off. The message was simply stated: This video is freaken awful! (more…)