Home is gone.
Where are these people going to go?
What are they going to do?
What is going to happen to America?

These are only a few of the vaguest questions we're asking ourselves as the flooding takes over in New Orleans. And I have to be honest: my last blog touched (vaguely) on the racism in the media, but I didn't say anything about the families that are torn apart right now and how my heart goes out to the thousands of people who are crying right now from loss and washed away memories.

I just wondered to myself whether the race question should override the care issue.
Yes, the media is wrong for perpetuating harmful images of any people at any time. People should have the freedom to choose their own way of thinking--they should be given information that provides them the opportunity to form their own opinions, as opposed to being fed some faulty or twisted version of the truth. Today's media sources does not provide this. And that sucks, but in this situation what is more important?

My mother once told me as I was stressing about loads of homework I had to complete before the next morning that I had to take it one thing at a time. And I think she was right. I graduated with honors twice--thanks mom.

So if we have two major issues to conquer right now, one of which has been present for too many years (--yes, of course), and one of which needs immediate attention (lives are being lost, people are in danger and without the people alive to struggle, the first issue will have no benefit), what is our purpose and goal?

I think what we ALL need to focus on is that there needs to be relief for those going through the tragedy of the past few and still going days. And that when we get people at a place where they have some level of comfort and peace again, then we can attend to some of the already present issues and try to tackle the way race finds itself in the darndest places.

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