On my day on, a contingent of spelman women and I, went to this forest in the 'hood that no one knew existed here in our own west end. We rolled up our sleeves (metaphorically, it was cold today) to help preserve the trails in this mini oasis in the heart of the impoverished black community. Of course it was a day of service so the likelihood of us going back is slim to none until another day of service rolls around. I have infinite respect for the people who fought for this place to exist, who continue to fight for it despite certain inquiries by corporations who would love to put another McDonald's or KFC in its place.
I have KFC on the brain b/c on the way to the site we were listening to Tom Joyner in the car. They were saying that the franchise is doing bang up business in China and that more are "needed." In Star and Buck Wild fashion, Jay Anthony Brown donned a stereotypical Chinese accent and proceeded to mockingly suggest how a Chinese person might order "Crew pieces of chick- en [crew=two]."Black people's discrimination against people from other nations still upsets me. This isn't to say that people from other nations don't have equally discriminatory things to say about us, but the voracity and public-ness of our ignorance seems to be eclipsed only by our white counterparts. I guess on this day of all days, I'd hoped for more talk of global solidarity, efforts to make those brave men and women who have gone before us, proud of our collective struggling. Well, the struggle continues . . .
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