My Letter to ColorofChange.org

Earlier this week I received a letter in my email from an organization titled Colour of Change. The email was titled:


"Rush attacks Black folks. Will Republican leadership stand with him?"

This email of course struck a cord with me, and since I am in the process of writing a piece on racism in America, I decided I would share this with you as a prequel of what is to come. As usual, let me know your thoughts.


James,

The following letter is for you and your team.

Let me start by saying...as a coloured Caribbean entrepreneur in this country I find life full of obstacles. I find it difficult not because I am being held back by another race. I find it difficult not because I have words thrown at me like stones. I find it difficult because that is how Jah made this world. I am not held back by any colour or race. Not Black Americans, not White Americans, not Africans white and black alike, nor the Chinese or any European. None of them have the power to hold me down. None of them would even know where to start, The only person with enough power to stop me, would be me.

I am personally tired of social welfare. I am personally tired or watching other people scrape by and come up with excuses for their lack of an imprint on this world. Whether the excuse be their colour, their race or their family history. I was born to a man who came from a wealthy family with no money in his hands when he came to this country. At the time of my birth his only riches were his love for his son, his passion for work, the knowledge he was given through a good education and his experiences in life. With those tools he made his empire. He built his own wealth completely separate from his family. He took out his bank loans and made his business work. No assistance from Uncle Sam.

That is the beauty of this country. Everyone has the chance to create their destiny. This is not India where social classes stop you from advancing in life. This is not Iraq where you are jailed or hanged for being different. This is not a country in Africa where you are shot for being from the wrong tribe.

Now I want to address these emails that you and your team always send out. I signed up for your emails not because I am tired of being held back. As you can tell, I do not think this way. I signed up for your emails because I am what I call a true Liberal. Not in the political sense, because I am in fact a conservative. I am a true liberal in the sense of being open minded. I like to hear what everyone has to say, because I am aware that everyone is entitled to his or her beliefs towards EVERY subject. I actually find it humourous that most of those considered as Political Liberals aren't even open minded.

Rush Limbaugh is but one man. One man with a powerful voice only because of how loudly he speaks. His radio station is not forced on anyone. In fact his listeners openly CHOOSE to listen to his words. They do that because that is their right. Rush Limbaugh is a man with a colourful history too, as I am sure you are aware. In this email that you address to myself and your "followers", you start out by saying this:

"Dear *** ,

You won't believe Rush Limbaugh. He just accused President Obama of trying to intentionally wreck the economy, saying that Obama wants to put more people on welfare and food stamps, and implying that he wants to redistribute the country's wealth to Black people."

IF you have not noticed James, President Obama and his colleagues have in fact admitted to wanting to redistribute the wealth in America. That is what the higher taxes for the wealthy are for. And you may not feel he is intentionally trying to wreak this country. But many feel he is unintentionally doing just that. In your email you try and attack Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans who listen to him. And I have to say my only reaction to this piece of ignorance is to laugh. At which point did you and your people forget the freedom that was given to express your opinion. You and organizations like your own have been doing so for longer than Rush. The only thing I ask of you and your "kind" of organizations is to remove your malicious intent and properly inform the people who take you seriously. This country is going through a lot of changes recently. Whether those changes are in the right direction falls on the shoes of the American People as individuals. It seems like "thinking on your own" is a thing of the past. Both of the main parties in the political spectrum have played dirty cards. This will not change until people "man" up and stop pointing fingers at the wrong items of concern. Don't send emails insulting Rush and his comments unless you add in a piece about celebrities like Kayne West and Janeane Garofalo who makes comments which no backing and of no significance. If you want to be a part of the movement in the right direction, educate yourself and your team on ways that you can actually educate the people. In your message you claim that Rush is the one who plays on the "racial fear and paranoia" when you are simply adding fuel to the fire. You want to put out a flame, bring Sand and Water and remove it's oxygen source. Don't bring it more life to consume.

I don't expect that my email will change your point of view or your manner of approaching a situation. I do not ask that you remove your freedom of expression like you attempt to remove that of others. All I ask is that you remove the ignorance from your message. Because with a mailing list like the one you own, you are sure to do one thing...and that is spread that ignorance like a virus. I want to inform you that your website and methodology of "informing" the people will be blasted on my blog. I will not speak badly towards what you mean to stand for, but instead allow people to know of your existence.

Regards,
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JahRootz
http://airbourneinforums.blogspot.com/