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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Sometimes, you must change in order to accept an opportunity

Recognize this simple fact, we are ALL creatures of habit.  As we get older and 'set in our ways', we don't like to change.  Nothing wrong with that, that's the way we are. 

However, how many times have you found yourself in the unique position of getting a great opportunity but it comes with one little caveat?  That's right. You have to change something.

Think about it.  You got the opportunity to get a great new job with a great pay raise.  However, you gotta move to a different city.  You got the opportunity to sing with a major label but you have to sing backup to a major artist for a while.  You got offered a promotion but it's in an area that you are not very strong in and will slap alot of unfamiliar responsibilites on you that you didn't expect.  Hell, you meet someone you're really into but they live in one city and you're in another and they invite you to move to their city.

Now, don't front! You know damn well what happens next.  Now, you turn into Doctor ............., psychologist!! You analyze, evaluate, review and ponder over every circumstance and the pros and cons of taking the situation.    You talk to your friends.  You pray about it.  You drive yourself crazy thinking. Then, what happens.  After a well analyzed discussion, you talk yourself OUT of it.  Just that quick.

Now, I'm not saying that this happens every time.  However, think about all of the great opportunities that you turn away simply because you are going to have to change some aspect of your life?  And then, what do you do?  You convince yourself that "hey, if it was meant for me, it will come around again.".  Now, that's cute and all but what if it doesn't. "Oh well, it wasn't meant for me."  Ok, now that's a cop out.  Now, if you say that you are other plans and that doesn't fit into your plans right now, now THAT I understand.  If you say "I'm not interested in that", you still got me there.  But don't tell yourself that "it wasn't meant for you".  It's almost like you have conceded that you probably should have taken advantage of the situation.

Just remember, with every opportunity for growth will come something that you will have to change.  It's hard to break a routine and even harder to break out of something that is comfortable.  Don't worry. Take the opportunity.  Who knows?  The change you are dreading to make may be the one that gives you the chance to look at your life from a WHOLE different perspective.