Passionately Managing Life

Shit is still unbelievable... or not. This happens often. The perception of guilt because of our blackness, the company we keep, the communities we live in. It's justified because the no knock warrant was the law. It's justified because the police officers were fired upon by her licensed to carry boyfriend in the dark in the middle of the night. They were asleep. You know because when you have work in the morning you go home where you are safe and rest for the next day's work. We take it for granted. White people, people that are not from working class communities, communities not of color can take this for granted. This is not an anomaly. It is the law and her life does not matter as much as someone with more prestige, less melanin, more money. I'm hurt that I am not surprised by any of this. Breonna Taylor should not be a hashtag. She was doing absolutely nothing wrong. She was asleep in her own house and the police came in and shot her. Atatiana Jefferson...

People put so much emphasis on perfection when thinking about Jada Pinkett-Smith and celebrities/politicians in general. I think about all of the naysayers saying that she can't be an expert on interpersonal relationships or give advice through channels like the Red Table Talk series because of her recent admission of supposed infidelity in her marriage. But she is a human being. That is one thing that has frightened me in all of my professional journeys. People believe that if you fail in one aspect of your life then you don't have the right to give advice to anyone in another area or even in that area of life. It is a perceived notion that you must be perfect all around, have a perfect image everywhere so that you can advise. People are trying to cancel her saying that she can't give anyone advice on anything anymore because of this new revelation. This revelation that is new to us. But who are we really? My question comes in how can people grow if the mistakes they make ...

It feels like war is brewing. Everything on my timeline is about how Black Lives Matter. Names keep filling my screen. More protests now than in the past 100 years calling for racial justice basically asking that our people not be murdered at the hands of the people sworn to serve and protect. It feels like people in my immediate circle get it. My friends, family, many coworkers though not all. It seems that those I follow on social media get it, though not everyone. I live in Philly. A big city with big city ideals and issues. Where people openly criticize the utter gaw and disrespect of 45. People call his judgement into question all the time in the places that I frequent. It's normal here, but MANY if not the majority of people within our country feel completely differently from the way I do about respecting Black lives and the need to defend them. Many support 45 and his policies about law and order, immigration and the way in which he en...