What we all know to be true.

I played with Susie yesterday,

But now she says to go away,

Her mommy doesn't want me near,

when I go out the streets are clear.

To Ferguson and those that follow,

What we need is not another revolution, we do not need fingers pointed at those not at fault and we do not need speculation that only harshens public opinion. Over the course of the last full calender year several incidents have been brought to light, and not only that but action have been take. Quiet recently #Blackout appeared across one of my social media sites with a rebuttal against some one wishing to view things other then an endless stream of Africans, and African Americans. Not only did the party fail to ask themselves why, but they instantaneously fired shots at the user. Calling them harmful names and calling them racist when in all actuality they know nothing of the person behind the screen. Hiding behind screens, television or otherwise leaves people as a whole more prone to jumping to conclusions and not only that but bandwagons.

If someone posts it and several agree it must be correct. Right? after all the were the first to report on a story or offer breaking news. And not only is this face value media believability the problem but also the feeling of being left behind, left out. If my story isn't front age then it doesn't matter. Lack of validation can lead to volatile reactions as people need someone other then themselves to blame.

True, they are as always those who dislike certain ethnic groups, but I believe that is rather as a result of the differences between the ethnic groups culture and theirs or the culture they have brought up in.

Change, can always be a reason for hate. Humans like predictability and their brains are hard wired to make sense of their world. This however can lead to poor representation.

My grandfather lived in Detroit back when it was nice and safe, he is and he acknowledges that he is prejudice, and he has told my mother that when African Americans moved in with their Cadillacs Detroit went to hell and that all the Caucasians moved out. This I believe was not as a result of their ethnicity but the culture they brought with them.

But when Culture and Ethnicity cross lines the result can become catastrophic. Stereotypes form and become 'innate truths' and those 'truths' become harder to break when a many few are villainised.

For those teens who have lost their lives to unfair circumstances and unjust beliefs, they were collateral damage.

And I can saw change the culture, but is that fair?

I can say increase the literacy rate and improve education, I can say move into better neighbour hoods, Bur can THEY?

And if they can't is it then their fault?

Is it their fault that lottery systems and lemon teachers are the fate of those who live in the bracts they have to?

That they aren't supplied the tools?

That they cant afford them?

But can I also tell others to live life as a blank slate and a hard to write pen and tell them to throw out each and every preconception of the world they have formed up to this day?

Well I can, But it doesn't mean they will.

Can I make people guard their minds with scepticism but hold a holistic view on life? Take truths with a grain of salt?

No.

But I can advise them, I can tell them that no amount of culture should bare understanding between ethnicity's. I can tell them that there are no racial constraints as society may say. I can tell them that no amount of misconception should grant one human being to demean another over something they can not change or things they do not hold self evident about themselves.

But I can not make a horse drink.