tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post4521410809900014423..comments2024-03-27T11:22:03.840-04:00Comments on Ramona's Voices: When Being Black is All it IsRamona Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-3755854812210635622012-04-05T13:28:46.649-04:002012-04-05T13:28:46.649-04:00I disagree with you Anon hispanics work for a low ...I disagree with you Anon hispanics work for a low wage unlike americans they would never work for less than minimum wage especially on farms and such but anyway i think being racist is over rated i think everyone should treat each other with the kind of respect you wish to receiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-10152566883148138452012-03-31T15:50:14.623-04:002012-03-31T15:50:14.623-04:00Uh huh, and since there were no eyewitnesses they ...Uh huh, and since there were no eyewitnesses they may just get away with it. But now the funeral director says Trayvon's body had no scratches or bruises at all. I can't imagine Zimmerman not getting a few licks in if someone was beating him up.<br /><br />He's a liar who may just get away with it, thanks to some piss-poor police work.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-28575852788591316832012-03-31T15:36:51.753-04:002012-03-31T15:36:51.753-04:00I've a lawyer friend who said as soon as he go...I've a lawyer friend who said as soon as he got out of he car Stand Your Ground went out the window. Which may be why they are now claiming that Martin came to the vehicle and tried to take the weapon. That Zimmerman never left it until Martin hit him.Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16588657943011198242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-59677871395879810852012-03-29T14:22:43.903-04:002012-03-29T14:22:43.903-04:00You mention "Hispanics" experiencing hat...You mention "Hispanics" experiencing hate. Baloney !! it is the illegal Hispanics taking blue color American jobs who are subject to hatred; but even then not ANYWHERE near the level of hatred blacks experience from white people and from every non "white" ethnic group; especially the Hispanics. Mr. Zimmerman is Hispanic did you know that?...only God knows how he got that last name; probably an attempt to run from his Hispanic roots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-42286229578129783802012-03-28T20:24:53.988-04:002012-03-28T20:24:53.988-04:00Ramona, I can't even imagine what it must have...Ramona, I can't even imagine what it must have been like to live in the south during that time. I remember seeing those pictures of Emmet Till and other pictures of lynchings and thinking I never wanted to go to that place called "the south". Then when the Freedom Riders were going down to help MLK and the others, I was terrified for them--with good reason. Many of them were injured, and some, like Viola Liuzzo, and Chaney, Goodman and Schwermer, lost their lives trying to help the cause.<br /><br />I'm frankly heartbroken that all that effort wasn't enough to make progress permanent. You can't stop or even slow down hate. It'll always be there, along with ignorance. The best we can do is to make it impotent in the face of righteousness.<br /><br />Thanks for writing, Ramona. We do have a lot in common!Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-89533333690543792302012-03-28T20:14:06.608-04:002012-03-28T20:14:06.608-04:00I agree, Anon. After all we went through in order ...I agree, Anon. After all we went through in order to ensure civil rights for everyone, we really shouldn't have to be doing it again. But how do you change people's minds and hearts? I wish I knew.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-10645619566518786752012-03-28T20:12:51.012-04:002012-03-28T20:12:51.012-04:00Yes, he was told to stop following Trayvon and he ...Yes, he was told to stop following Trayvon and he didn't do it. It looks now like Zimmerman lied about his injuries, too. This gets worse and worse. I'm not a lawyer, either, but I smell a cover-up. We'll see.Ramona Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07160614050077886238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-35509920867300902352012-03-28T14:30:49.904-04:002012-03-28T14:30:49.904-04:00We have so much in common, Ramona. I, too, was a y...We have so much in common, Ramona. I, too, was a young mother during the Civil Rights movement. I'm from Georgia and I saw what was happening first-hand, on the buses, in the neighborhoods, the riots at the military base where I worked. Even before this, I knew that the way they were treated was wrong. They were not treated as human beings. Going to Atlanta on a Greyhound bus and getting out on the streets now seemed dangerous. I was never hurt and never accosted and life calmed down some. I saw the "Colored" signs removed from the department store water fountains and restrooms, shared a lunch counter at Woolworth's with the "coloreds", watched as they were so proud to have a seat on that bus to town to go to work. The signs are still gone but I see more racism now and much of it from people claiming to be religious than I ever saw back then. We are all still classified by our race. Why can't we all just be Americans? A woman? A man? A boy? A girl? I am angry about the killing of Trayvon Martin. In my opinion, all the 911 recordings point to Zimmerman's guilt. I hope he will be arrested and put on trial so the truth will come out. I've read about the Till murder before and have seen pictures of this 14-yr-old child after they beat him to death. All of the blows were to his head, none to his torso. He "whistled" at a white woman on a dare. He was unrecognizable as a person but his mother thought he was beautiful. It was her baby boy. I don't see how anyone can doubt that a mother knows her son and hurts to the depths of her being when one is harmed, much less killed. She doesn't feel less because she is not white! Ramona, too.Ramona LeBlanchttp://www.ramonapadgettleblanc.facebook.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-45302800677407621102012-03-28T14:16:31.258-04:002012-03-28T14:16:31.258-04:00I find the hatred unconscionable...always have. I...I find the hatred unconscionable...always have. I think it is every bit as insidious as it was in the 50's....maybe worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2772956368752433326.post-33919056914248538182012-03-28T12:03:22.799-04:002012-03-28T12:03:22.799-04:00What some don't seem to realize is that the op...What some don't seem to realize is that the operative word in "Neighborhood Watch" is WATCH.<br /><br />When he got out of his vehicle with a gun, he became responsible for the outcome. To me that says premeditation, but then again I'm not a lawyer.Kulkurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09198195648066700925noreply@blogger.com