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Ignorar los problemas no significa que no existan

Se nos pasa la vida tan ocupados en el futuro que nunca llega y nos olvidamos de construir una sociedad mejor hoy.

Con el transcurso del tiempo los que no hemos nacido en este país pero lo hemos adoptado como nuestro hogar vamos entendiendo su  realidad en las calles, leyéndola de otra manera, enriqueciendo sus variantes de significado, comprendiendo sus contradicciones . Haciéndola mas cercana, menos algo producto de la ficción de los documentales vistos y mas como un elemento vivo del cual formamos ya parte. Y es por eso que para mi cobra mas y mas importancia conocer su historia al sentirme  también ahora un elemento mas de la misma. Así es como el movimiento por los derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos  ha pasado a ser para mi de un capitulo muerto en los libros de historia contemporánea y a un cumulo de reivindicaciones  para un sector de la población, que aun hoy después de todos estos cuarenta años, no se alcanzan a superar por completo.

 

Reivindicaciones tan grandes como fueron la de los derechos civiles en los Estados Unidos son siempre el producto de una presión social inmensa causada por  prolongadas injusticias que explotan de una manera algunas veces violeta denunciando problemas que todos como sociedad se negaron a resolver e incluso se negaron a reconocer su existencia con argumentos de todo tipo.  En aquella época, en los sesentas, la guerra fría tenia lugar y la administración de turno estaba mas preocupada en resolver la crisis de los misiles que en involucrarse directamente en los cambios que resolverían por lo menos parcialmente los problemas de su propias minorías que solo clamaban lo justo y lo que la constitución asegura a todos sus ciudadanos.  

 

El caso que hoy me ocupa es el de Trayvon Martin que durante las semanas que me ha tomado escribir esta nota ha dado un vuelco, y mas allá de lo que paso aquella noche en la Florida, las protestas de estas ultimas semanas algunas de las cuales no han cesado pese a  la detención del inculpado nos revela que a cierta parte de la población no se le esta tratando con justicia, o por lo menos no es percibido por ellos de esa manera.

 

Como sociedad debemos de tomar consciencia de las injusticias y solo contentarnos con teorizar al respecto, también asumir nuestras responsabilidades en el cambio y sus soluciones. Debemos de tomar todos los que formamos parte de ella y desde nuestras diferentes posiciones, roles mas activos, actuando, transmitiendo a nuestros hijos un mensaje de igualdad y de apertura de mente. Un mensaje en donde diversidad y respeto sean el ancla de nuestros valores, y donde una vez por todas  hagamos el ejercicio de  tirar tacho los prejuicios de cualquier índole. Examinándonos primero a nosotros mismos y reconozcamos nuestros propios prejuicios ya sean raciales, sociales, religioso etc.,. Reconociéndolos primero para dar paso a una mejor y mas amigable visión sociedad, la misma que con nuestro cambio de actitud será el mejor ejemplo y comienzo para dejar una mejor sociedad a los que vienen.

Se nos pasa la vida tan ocupados pagando nuestras cuentas, corriendo detrás de trabajo que nunca termina y siempre con la esperanza de un mejor mañana que nunca llega y nos olvidamos de construir una sociedad mejor hoy.

 

 

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Carol Haley May 17, 2013 at 07:44 am
Pretty funny Spencer. But you don't want a museum there. You need something that generates taxes.Read More Museums are mostly non-profit thereby not generating any taxes. I know you were being funny. I was disgusted to read the developer couldn't show financial backing.
Kathleen Mitchell May 17, 2013 at 05:47 pm
Who would haveever thought of Wasp Spray? When you get the case of spray, be sure and drop a can offRead More at my house;>)
Jeff Brown May 17, 2013 at 03:46 pm
Good article, gonna have to pick up a case of wasp spray!
Carol Haley May 17, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Barbara, I agree with you. But it is probably a lot easier to get an illegal social security numberRead More than we would know. There are two ways of looking at this issue, but my resentment is that I have to pay for them.
Barbara Crocker May 17, 2013 at 07:52 am
But for state aid they would have to have a Social Security number. Bending and breaking laws isRead More how they got here in the first place. The fact that elected officials condone and encourage these laws to be broken is the biggest problem that I have with this whole debacle. "Undocumented residents" place a burden on all of us, and take jobs that could be worked by legal residents. Employers hire illegals (yes I prefer calling them what they are, to hell with being politically correct) because it saves them money, not because "no one else would work these jobs". This is a slap in the face to all of our ancestors who came to this country and followed the rules to become citizens.
Carol Haley May 17, 2013 at 06:51 am
The way things have been going in the eastern part of the United States, as long as the illegals areRead More not breaking the law criminally (motor vehicle is different), they are not arrested for being illegal. Its the illegal immigrants who break the law, such as the large drug bust recently in the papers. As long as they are minding their own business, they get a pass. The only problem I have with illegals is their rush to get on state aid, food stamps, etc. I don't think we should have to support those that choose to live in this country illegally. Becoming a US citizen is not cheap. It is expensive, but it is something that they must work for.
Spencer May 16, 2013 at 04:42 pm
Perhaps because people who vote continue to vote the same way they have for years--and expect to getRead More different results when they do so?
Carol Haley May 15, 2013 at 05:05 pm
Sounds like a bunch of goobledygook to me. And Sue, the Democrats being divided isn't anything newRead More as well as the backstabbing and bs. It's been going on for years. That is one of the reasons I changed to independent a long time ago. I'm presently a Democrat, but changing back to independent as soon as I can get down there.
Felicia Hendersen May 15, 2013 at 09:00 am
Bravo Sue P. And Kathleen I changed the word from "her" to "his". Why shouldRead More people not question the motives of the city council president?
Sue P. May 15, 2013 at 08:53 am
Glad to here that Felicia, I sure hope that you are who you are and not the HE I was told you are.Read More Now is the time to work together and not pick each other apart like the Administration is doing to the Democrat Town Committee.You should see how divided they are and all the back stabbing and bickering that goes on. I say stay clear of that group.
William Desmond May 14, 2013 at 12:47 pm
I must say this has created quite a stir!
Luis Smart May 14, 2013 at 07:04 am
I agree Richard argyle sweaters would have really made it. It is really sad Michael Passero has goneRead More to the dark side and has aligned himself with the administration rather than the people of the city. The one time high vote getter will be all done in November.
Richard Cranium May 13, 2013 at 10:26 pm
I think it is pretty funny although they should be wearing argyle vest sweaters!