To Linda on courageous conversation about race: always two sides for balance

[Guest guest]

Linda, i didn't write any of this but appreciate your response to it.

 

-eric

 

Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

>

>

> Eric wrote:

>

> >> I believe it is important to be balanced when discussing these

> >> issues and not rely on emotionalism and stereotypes..to

suggest that

> >> the prison system is a conspiracy agaisnt black people is not

fair

> >> minded.

>

> >> People go to prison because they are caught doing crimes,

multiple

> >> times. Could the criminal justice system be better? yes. Could

the

> >> the prison terms for drug dealing be less? yes. Could there be

> >> better ways of dealing with young folks than throwing them in

jail?

> >> yes. These are battles we should all take up if it is our

dharma...

>

>

> Dear Eric ~ I agree with much of what you had to say here,

however, there is

> injustice in our criminal justice system; black people are more

likely to be

> given jail time, or more jail time, than others. They are more

likely to be

> targeted when a community is inflamed over a criminal act and

tried and

> jailed, regardless of the evidence. DNA testing that has shown

that a good number

> of people (black and white) in jail did not commit the crime for

which they've

> been imprisoned. This is not emotionalism. These are facts based

on

> research. To point out these facts is also not to suggest there

is a conspiracy. I

> think that is enough for now. This is obviously a topic that

people do have

> strong feelings about and experiences of. What

> would Amma do? What does She do? She goes into villages or

communities where

> there are poor and creates better living conditions for them, but

She also

> creates schools and colleges and ways for them to learn a skill

that will help

> lift them out of poverty. She recognizes injustice, but without

judgement,

> and then does everything She can to make a difference.

> We can't make a difference if we don't first recognize there is a

problem.

> Jai Ma ~ Linda

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Linda, again i didn't write any of this but can appreciate your

response to it. -eric

 

 

Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

>

> Eric wrote:

>

> >> The education low income inner city people need is on how our

system

> >> works..how to improve your credit, how to open a bank account,

how

> >> to partner with others to start a business, how to get a

mortgage,

> >> etc. This is not racism, but figuring out how to make good

decisions

> >> and get ahead...

>

> >> Also with the crazy atmosphere that inner city kids grow up

in:

> >> drugs and sexual activity beginning before puberty and a

culture

> >> that worships phoney music idols and violence and horror. This

is

> >> the Hollywood MTV anything goes culture. How can a young

> >> impressionable kid work his way through this maze of bad

influences?

>

> Dear Eric ~ all of what you say is so true, yet, and I will only

speak for

> myself, I went to all all white, middle class suburban school, and

I was no

> more prepared to live in the real world than any kid in the

ghetto. My school

> did not prepare me; my parents did not prepare me, and as a result

I have made

> many incorrect decisions as an adult. Also, I know it is probably

worse in

> low income communities, but our culture of violence is affecting

all of our

> children. The middle class and wealthy are not immune.

>

> Recently, I watched a Dr. Phil show where the subject was a

new "fad" among

> teens ~ to get high by strangling themselves to the point of

losing

> consciousness. If there is a partner, the partner removes the

strangulation device

> just after consciousness is lost, and so most of these kids

survive (but

> God/dess help them for what they are doing to their brain cells).

But many are

> dying, especially those who do this when they are alone.

>

> White kids want to pretend they are black by taking on black

clothing fads

> and the language of the "hood." This is much bigger than where a

kid goes to

> school, and I am really glad to hear that your church has chosen

to deal with

> this issue straight on.

>

> Jai Ma ~ Linda

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

IT IS TRUE.HEROINE ADDICTION USE TO BE MORE EXTREME IN AFRICAN AMERICAN

COMMUNITYS.IT HAS NOW SATURATED WHITE SUBURBAN COMMUNITYS.WHEN AMMAs son

lived in rockford he saw with his own eyes a heroine epidimic amongs AMMAs

white american children. there is more white teenage prostiution in rockford

then anyone else.ALL OF THIS MADNESS IS EFFECTING ALL OF AMMAS CHILDREN.IT

IS SAD,YET THERE IS A SOLUTION.WE HAVE TO BEGIN TO PUT JUST AS MUCH ENERGY

AS WE DO IN SHARING THESE EMAILS AS WE DO IN MATA-AMRITANDA MAYI STREET

OUTREACH.

 

AND ALSO MY BELOVED SISTER LINDA.white kids are actually immitating AL

CAPONE AND OTHER CHARACTERS SUCH AS THAT.black people actually began

immulating these characters,now white kids are immulating black kids that

got it from those children OF AMMA that called themselves gangters in the

early 1900s.its a soul-sickness that keeps being spread.also this thing that

we are calling "black" clothing has nothing to do with a race ,but a culture

that has transended race.its called HIPHOP.JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.go to

google and punch in the temple of hiphop and you will see how the pioneers

of hiphop are preserving it as a spiritual culture.AMMAs son actually got

the PRIVELEDGE to perform with one of the greatest known hiphop artist ever

and also the founder of the temple of hiphop,"KRS-ONE.namah shivaya.

 

the first drive by shootings in AMERICA were done in the early 1900s by

these lost children of AMMA .

 

 

>"ecjensen_us" <ecjensen_us

>Ammachi

>Ammachi

> Re: To Linda on courageous conversation about race:

>always two sides for balance

>Wed, 07 Dec 2005 16:43:25 -0000

>

>Linda, again i didn't write any of this but can appreciate your

>response to it. -eric

>

>

>Ammachi, nierika@a... wrote:

> >

> > Eric wrote:

> >

> > >> The education low income inner city people need is on how our

>system

> > >> works..how to improve your credit, how to open a bank account,

>how

> > >> to partner with others to start a business, how to get a

>mortgage,

> > >> etc. This is not racism, but figuring out how to make good

>decisions

> > >> and get ahead...

> >

> > >> Also with the crazy atmosphere that inner city kids grow up

>in:

> > >> drugs and sexual activity beginning before puberty and a

>culture

> > >> that worships phoney music idols and violence and horror. This

>is

> > >> the Hollywood MTV anything goes culture. How can a young

> > >> impressionable kid work his way through this maze of bad

>influences?

> >

> > Dear Eric ~ all of what you say is so true, yet, and I will only

>speak for

> > myself, I went to all all white, middle class suburban school, and

>I was no

> > more prepared to live in the real world than any kid in the

>ghetto. My school

> > did not prepare me; my parents did not prepare me, and as a result

>I have made

> > many incorrect decisions as an adult. Also, I know it is probably

>worse in

> > low income communities, but our culture of violence is affecting

>all of our

> > children. The middle class and wealthy are not immune.

> >

> > Recently, I watched a Dr. Phil show where the subject was a

>new "fad" among

> > teens ~ to get high by strangling themselves to the point of

>losing

> > consciousness. If there is a partner, the partner removes the

>strangulation device

> > just after consciousness is lost, and so most of these kids

>survive (but

> > God/dess help them for what they are doing to their brain cells).

>But many are

> > dying, especially those who do this when they are alone.

> >

> > White kids want to pretend they are black by taking on black

>clothing fads

> > and the language of the "hood." This is much bigger than where a

>kid goes to

> > school, and I am really glad to hear that your church has chosen

>to deal with

> > this issue straight on.

> >

> > Jai Ma ~ Linda

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

 

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