Reflection: A Review

As I close my eyes and drift away to a land where there is love, joy, blessings, and peace. I wanted to take the time to think and reflect. 

     The truth is that I was taking the time to think and reflect about the events of this past week, where we witnessed the building of relationships with foreign leaders. We have seen the Saudi Crown Prince, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel visit the White House. As well as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Japan with Abe Shinzo. I found these events to be truly heart warming as we are witnessing leaders who are willing to work together, despite past events or rhetorics that may have hindered relationships. Here we are seeing human bridges being built by world leaders. And these are exactly the kinds of examples that our younger generations need to see. 

     However, as much as I did write about the recent travel bans, and the creation of the wall in my past writing called The Rhetoric Of Harm. I still stand firm about my thoughts with regards to the Executive Orders of the travel ban and the building of the U.S. - Mexico wall. However, this time I write about the recent hateful speech that is directly taking a stab at First Lady Melanie Trump, and the President Of the United States of America. It is one thing to be critical of an idea, however it is much too far fetched to evoke fear driven rhetorics that are directly aimed at causing terror. 

    This thought is exemplified when we see musicians such as Snoop Dogg creating musical videos that show him lifting a gun aimed right at the President. And then you hear other musical artists who are defending him as to what he has done. Every artist has the right to be expressive, but I am thinking if you are an artist who has some sort of claim to fame, and you are very well aware of the gun culture, and how this culture is breaking down families, tearing them apart. Then it is your duty to serve for the purposes of bringing some sort of positivity to communities. 

     The African - American adolescent populations are the most incarcerated populations in the United States of America. Instead of inducing more hate, why not use your talents to help those who are fighting addiction, living in poverty, those who have to steal, and resort to crime because of their socio / economic status. Instead of being critical of your leaders, when you fully well know that you have the capacity to do something to help drive social upheaval, then I think that it is much more beneficial to do so. 

     I have nothing against the rapper Snoop Dogg personally. In fact anyone who has visited Nottingham, UK will know that the rap culture is alive and well. But I have seen the damaging consequence of this culture right before my eyes. It is easy to judge others, but like they say: you cannot judge a book by it's cover. Everyone has a story, you have to read the book to discover its treasure. And everyone's time of death is decreed. It is pointless to induce hate and fear provoking tactics that are severing the very good relationships that leaders are working to build together. At the end of the day - death is inevitable for all. 

I sincerely hope that these words reach Snoop Dogg and all those who have defended his rhetorics. I hope that these words will serve as a reflection for a public apology. Our future, our children, our world is too precious for this kind of sabotage. 

Dedication: These words are dedicated to President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melanie Trump, Saudia Arabia Crown Prince, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, the Presidential Team and all those involved to support and make meetings between leaders happen. I am deeply distressed because of these latest hate, terror tactics. I pray for all. My thoughts to share with love & kindness! :) 

Notes: These thoughts were originally hand - written on March 18th 2017
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