ALOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE

There’s more to be done!

Letters to the Editor
Published: November 19, 2008I don’t want anyone to get confused into thinking that since Barack Obama is the president-elect, everything is going to be all right. We have a lot of work to do, now more than ever. The racism and bias has and will become more prevalent. I just went through an ordeal yesterday continuing to fight for our voting rights. For some strange reason, even though a lot of us ex-felons voted, contributed and participated in gaining this monumental victory, we are still not treated or seated in a state of equality. I’m truly becoming convinced that our moral ethics and values have taken a dive in the wrong direction. We have no regard for fellow human beings and their rights. It’s amazing to me how we embrace a system that should’ve been set up to protect us and yet it has become our worst enemy. What have we become, and where do we go from here? Where are we when we have these progressive organizations that fight for human rights and ex-felons, but yet there’s not one of us who they supposedly represent on their boards to help in the decision making? They will hire us and give us a position, but not an equal seat at the table. Have we gotten to the point where we have become co-conspirators of our own oppression, or are we really ready to do what needs to be done? If so, then look at your own reservations and apprehensions when it comes to others. Look at your organizations or groups and see if they are really diverse. Look at your war chest and ask yourself have you really contributed all that you can to the issues you claim you’re fighting. Have you given all you can give to society and humanity? Most of all, have you been all that you can be in society, and allowed or given opportunity to others as much as you can so they can do the same? Because then and only then have you truly become a “humane being.” Kenneth Glasgow
Dothan

November 19, 2008 11:31 PM