Jena 6

Here we stand, this 20th day of September in the year of 2007 still divided by the color of our skin! After years of what seemed to be calm complacency, pressure in our cooker was rising. Yeah, we could have rallied for any number of injustices we have witnessed over the past however many years but we didn't. The Jena 6 was destined to be our calling card. The one thing that unified us if only but for one day, but who says it has to stop there?

I look around and see injustice everyday. When was the last time you thought of a police officer as an employee whose job it is to protect and serve? When was the last time a white company had to obtain some sort of certification or stamp of approval before they could get a contract? When was the last time anyone other than a white man ran this country?

Yes, I know the police have a tough job, yes, I know the white company has always done business that way and yes, I know we have both a woman and a black man running for the office of President right now but it still doesn't change the fact that we (the minority population) don't feel we can get a fair break in the U.S.

It took the injustice that happened to those six kids in the little town of Jena to wake up a nation that had fallen asleep while on cruise control. The kids surely were charged more severely than they should have been but how many Jena 6 situations are going on in this country everyday. What a wake up call this is for all those who may have felt we arrived. The struggle continues and we can not rest if we want the world that our kid's grand kids live in to be better then today's world.

I can't ignore the progress we have made over the past 50 years but situations like the Jena 6 remind me how far we still have to go. These problems cross over legal, business, sports, education and general opportunity lines. We must work hard daily to unite our efforts and continue to learn about and celebrate each others cultures so they become less of a boundary and more a draw toward enlightenment. Let's Talk Business - Let's Talk Diversity - Let's Talk Equality - Let's Talk Justice, Let's Talk Action!

Make Money, Have Fun & Be A Blessing,
Maestro