Mike Brown Peace Rally

Good Morning All!!

Today there is a Mike Brown peaceful rally being held in Princeton, New Jersey.  I am still undecided with what to put on my poster. My son would have like to come, but I choose to keep him out of this particular rally. If this rally goes smooth, I will consider taking him to the Campaign to End the New Jim Crow: Stop Mass Incarceration in October.

This rally is was coordinated with the Princeton Police Department.Over the past 3 years Princeton has been trying to build a better relationship with the residents,students, people working and visiting.


I am so excited for this rally.  In the back of my mind I am wondering if any will get arrested.

I know I am not looking to cause any problems to Princeton. I actually plan on patronizing the local businesses and introducing myself to the local law officials. I go to Princeton a lot and I am sometimes contracted out there.

"Don't Call Me That"

So I was having a conversation with my 8 year-old son. He just reminds of the kind of person that is all about world peace. He did a piece for President's Day this year I was so proud of him.

So my son say "why do people call themselves black when they are brown. I tell people don't call me black, call me brown.
So I asked "what do you call other friends that are light and dark?"
He said:  If they are light I call them white, yellow, tan, or mocha.  If they are dark there are a lot of shades of brown. There's coffee, brown, caramel, chocolate.


What can you do when your 8 year old sees the world as it actually is versus what they want you to think it is? (He believes in a peaceful world where racism will not exist.  The sad part is he know it is chaotic and needs improvement.)

I teach him to be bugger than you are and help people out.  Be there. Be compassionate. And I applaud his efforts for a more humble world. Who knows... he may be the one to actually make a difference that sticks around an eternity.

He is the Yang to my Yin.