Seriously Kwame? Seriously!?
January 31st 2008 03:30
So I am guessing that the first thing that I will see tomorrow on my way to the library is a street vendor selling "WE FORGIVE YOU KWAME" t-shirts. And all I have to say is that I just may consider buying one.
The factors in the cases against this man and for this man are bewildering. So many questions come to mind. So many answers aren't there. Where is Detroit going, definitely not the media, and as of yet, not the mayor. Detroit has lost its ability to collectively come to a decision, whether it is to band together and make the city better, or whether to spend countless hours wondering just what Mayor Kilpatrick was going to reveal in his address to the city this afternoon. So here is what I propose.
Raise Mayor Coleman A. Young from the dead and tell him to slap some sense into Kwame. How can the people of Detroit possibly fall for this thugs shenanogans any longer? He must think the city is filled with uneducated, follow-the-leader wellfare recipients, or worst, he must know it. We have been dissappointed by this man time and time again. I feel sorry for the Christine Beatty, her life in Detroit has ended, just like the lives of those strippers. She fell for his lies only to see him holding the hand of his butch-suit clad wife, tempted with tears, the City will accept his apology. Blaming his hardship on being a "Young, Black, Man". But for how long will this be his excuse? As much as my people want to be treated fairly, without discrepancy because of race, we are so quick to pull the race card. Who are you Kwame? Who are you to further generalize and jeopardize the integrity of every other young black man in the City just because you got caught? (I say it this way because, had it not been for the medias probe into the text messages, we would have never learned the truth.)
I also want to touch on another point that was brought to my attention by a conversation I had on the 53 Woodward busline a few nights ago. The bus driver, a young black man, expressed that he was saddened the news of the Mayor's affair broke when it did. I completely agree. This past week Detroit hosted the North American International Auto Show, one of the largest collections of premeire vehicles the world has to offer. At the same time vendors and investors were visiting the City due to conversations that legislation would be passed to make Cobo Conference Center a tax-free zone (which is an excellent idea). When investors, planners and vendors of trade-shows and the such are contemplating venturing into a market/city they usually try to get a feel for the city, its people, and its leadership. I would like to think that our City's media, with all of their "Works for You", and "The Name You Trust" slogans, would try to present a positive image. Instead, they broke this news, and like any good media source, they rode it until it killed over. Taking with it, the possiblity of a thriving image for the city of Detroit. Maybe its not all the Mayors' fought.
And yes, we did get some parks, and a few buildings out of his situation as mayor of Detroit, but those are material things, not to mention in areas where Detroiters rarely go. Our Downtown is a world better, but the morale of the people seems defeated. Detroiters no longer believe in their city, they don't respect their home, and it is an awful sad sight. In my day to day errands I remember each time I saw children playing outside. I can't recall the last time I saw a drug raid, instead dealers and dopeboys stand on corners, block streets, and monopolize on the fact that police officers refuse to patrol the "hoods".
But the good news is, I've lost 7 lbs., partly because there are only four streetlamps from the corner to my house (approx. 3 blocks away) and I now spend my evenings running from the bus stop to my doorstep.
Let's get it together Detroit, if we can't find a leader that is ready to lead, maybe it's time to take things into our own hands. Petition for our schools to reopen, clean up our neighborhoods, teach our children to love and respect their City. Because it's ours, and we don't take care of it, someone may just take it from us.
The factors in the cases against this man and for this man are bewildering. So many questions come to mind. So many answers aren't there. Where is Detroit going, definitely not the media, and as of yet, not the mayor. Detroit has lost its ability to collectively come to a decision, whether it is to band together and make the city better, or whether to spend countless hours wondering just what Mayor Kilpatrick was going to reveal in his address to the city this afternoon. So here is what I propose.
Raise Mayor Coleman A. Young from the dead and tell him to slap some sense into Kwame. How can the people of Detroit possibly fall for this thugs shenanogans any longer? He must think the city is filled with uneducated, follow-the-leader wellfare recipients, or worst, he must know it. We have been dissappointed by this man time and time again. I feel sorry for the Christine Beatty, her life in Detroit has ended, just like the lives of those strippers. She fell for his lies only to see him holding the hand of his butch-suit clad wife, tempted with tears, the City will accept his apology. Blaming his hardship on being a "Young, Black, Man". But for how long will this be his excuse? As much as my people want to be treated fairly, without discrepancy because of race, we are so quick to pull the race card. Who are you Kwame? Who are you to further generalize and jeopardize the integrity of every other young black man in the City just because you got caught? (I say it this way because, had it not been for the medias probe into the text messages, we would have never learned the truth.)
I also want to touch on another point that was brought to my attention by a conversation I had on the 53 Woodward busline a few nights ago. The bus driver, a young black man, expressed that he was saddened the news of the Mayor's affair broke when it did. I completely agree. This past week Detroit hosted the North American International Auto Show, one of the largest collections of premeire vehicles the world has to offer. At the same time vendors and investors were visiting the City due to conversations that legislation would be passed to make Cobo Conference Center a tax-free zone (which is an excellent idea). When investors, planners and vendors of trade-shows and the such are contemplating venturing into a market/city they usually try to get a feel for the city, its people, and its leadership. I would like to think that our City's media, with all of their "Works for You", and "The Name You Trust" slogans, would try to present a positive image. Instead, they broke this news, and like any good media source, they rode it until it killed over. Taking with it, the possiblity of a thriving image for the city of Detroit. Maybe its not all the Mayors' fought.
And yes, we did get some parks, and a few buildings out of his situation as mayor of Detroit, but those are material things, not to mention in areas where Detroiters rarely go. Our Downtown is a world better, but the morale of the people seems defeated. Detroiters no longer believe in their city, they don't respect their home, and it is an awful sad sight. In my day to day errands I remember each time I saw children playing outside. I can't recall the last time I saw a drug raid, instead dealers and dopeboys stand on corners, block streets, and monopolize on the fact that police officers refuse to patrol the "hoods".
But the good news is, I've lost 7 lbs., partly because there are only four streetlamps from the corner to my house (approx. 3 blocks away) and I now spend my evenings running from the bus stop to my doorstep.
Let's get it together Detroit, if we can't find a leader that is ready to lead, maybe it's time to take things into our own hands. Petition for our schools to reopen, clean up our neighborhoods, teach our children to love and respect their City. Because it's ours, and we don't take care of it, someone may just take it from us.
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