The NAACP Today

People say the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) today isn't relevant anymore but I beg to differ.

The NAACP has had many initiatives in the past and in the future years about racial discrimination against all people for example: the Stop Campaign, the Vote Now Campaign and many others.

The NAACP is here for all people, we have been trying to get civil rights for all since 1909 and 1938 for the Youth and College Division. The NAACP is devoted to engaging all people of all races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, and as most people know the NAACP is a non-partisan organization.

If you would like to know more go to www.NAACP.org to find out more and read the mission statement and join. Do you think the NAACP is relevent today why or why not?

Swine Flu: H1N1

The H1N1 Virus or as others know it as the Swine Flu pandemic/epidemic has not gone on unnoticed by many.

The H1N1 Virus is still having an effect as of June 10th, 2009 the World Health Organization (WHO) said there are approximately 28,000 +/- H1N1 Swine Flu cases world wide. On June 5th the Center for Disease Control (CDC) said there are approximatley 10,100 +/- confirmed cases in the United States.

So this influenza virus is going no where it is still spreading the numbers keep coming out with more and more cases being found every day. Some of the things you can do to keep safe since the fatality rate is down to about 2.2% just make sure you are doing the following things:

* Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.

* Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze.

* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth and try to avoid close contact with sick people.

* If you get sick, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

The Baha'i Thought Blog

The Bahá’í Thought blog is a blog setup up by a friend of mine named Phillippe Copeland a major Bahá’í blogger. He also graduated from Harvard Divinity School with a Phd. Copeland's blog talks about Religon, Society, and Culture through The Bahá’í Faith writings and other sources as well but mainly their Writings.

This blog is a very thought provoking blog it also tells you how to put some of the Bahá’í Writings into play in your everyday life and how to teach others about the Bahá’í Faith.

Please check out this blog at http://www.bahaithought.com/ it would be greatly appreciated.

Spirituality:Differences of the Today Generation and the Back in the Day Generation

Back in the day in the black churches across America the black church was filled with people of all ages. As the years have gone by the Hallelujah kids have grown up and have had kids of their own but they forgot to instill one main thing in their kids is and that is a love for God. Whatever your religious belief or spiritual belief the adults of the modern world forgot to install in their children when they were young is a LOVE for GOD. It doesnt matter what they believe in as long as they have a love of God.

Now what I have done is called out you adults and now I want your opinion on how you think you did when you instilled the love of God in us?

Message to the President

President Obama, Mrs. Obama, Sasha, and last but not least Mahlia,

I hope you and your family the best in this new part of your life and send out my blessings for your family.

This accomplishment that America has just made by electing and inaugurating you as the first African American President is a great stride. As you start out with Martin Luther King's dream as it is just starting to take bloom in this long journey.

As Martin Luther King said in his 'I Have A Dream' speech theres still that "uncashed check". The check of injustice meaning minorities in poverty , minorities economic situations, minorities health care, minorities housing problems, and most of all young minorities in and out of jail.

But you being elected is just the first step in a long road of getting ready to cash this "uncashed check". As you well know is going to be a long hard process that probably wont be solved in your term(s) as President but you will be the building block to the cashing of this check.

I know this is alot more than one person can handle and this is where we the people of the United States of America need to stand up and take part in this new type of Administration where everyone has a part and can make a difference.

We need to be like the country in the Civil Rights Movement and stand up for ourselves and make these final steps toward be a truely free and equal nation. Now that we as a people are finally being based on the content of our character rather than the color of our skin is a great thing but there is still a long road ahead.

Sonia Sotomayor: Nomination

Judge Sonia Sotomayor is a federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Sotomayor for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice David Souter. If confirmed, she would be the court's first Hispanic justice and its third female justice.

In 2001 Judge Sonia Sotomayor made a speech at a UC Berkeley School of Law symposium titled "Raising the Bar: Latino and Latina Presence in the Judiciary and the Struggle for Representation." and said the following remarks.

"I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

Judge Sotomayors remarks in the recent days have caused far-right republicans like Rush Limbaugh and others to say her statement at that symposium was racist. But if Mr. Limbaugh and other right-wing republicans read the whole entire quote (which is below) instead of calling her in Rush Limbaugh's words a "reverse racist" eventhough her statement was saying like many other people have said that her life experiences will change the way the United States Supreme Court's decisions will be made because of her experiences.

"Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my colleague Judge Cedarbaum, our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging. Justice O'Connor has often been cited as saying that a wise old man and wise old woman will reach the same conclusion in deciding cases. I am not so sure Justice O'Connor is the author of that line since Professor Resnik attributes that line to Supreme Court Justice Coyle. I am also not so sure that I agree with the statement. First, as Professor Martha Minnow has noted, there can never be a universal definition of wise. Second, I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life."

Judge Sotomayor's comment on how a woman of a non-traditional background who grew up in the Bronx of New York City would not reach the same but a better conclusion than a white male was in fact not a racist remark. Sotomayor's comment was stating that a person with an adverse background who is a racial minority would have came to a decision that would be more fair to all people.