I was reflecting on this past week's election situation and the latest response from the public. your regular mix of good, bad, and doomsday...

what I did notice, was something that I've always felt but never been able to really state...

I remember a time back in one of my numerous african american studies classes back in college. we were talking about the 1920's-30's and the depression. a student asked "why aren't we seeing any concrete black responses to the depression?" my professor stated "well, to blacks this whole period of time would be considered a "depression" not just after the stock market crash, it had been bad for them for a long time"

I kind of feel the same way. although many of us people feel very depressed and angry about the elections, it seems that some reactions are a bit knee jerk, like some of these people didn't realize how bad it was until now, or that all hopes were on this election..
I believe for many people, poor, gay, people of color... pre and post election has been "bad" and there is no real demarcation line for this situation...

I think its important to look at perspective.... the "depression" was labeled so when the economic and social upheavals started to affect the more dominant white community...
now, i'm not discounting the poor whites, etc... but overall... it isn't labeled bad until the top of the top get hurt....
now, I feel sorry for all those stockbrokers who killed themselves, well, maybe not a whole lot...but, we can't forget the people who were suffering long before and after the depression...

I have to feel the same way about the current election... we cannot forget the people who are suffering the most. I know i'm not... i'm pretty damn comfortable...but, I feel like I need to fight for all people...

now, i'm just rambling... sorry ....



  ¶ 11/08/2004 12:31:00 PM