A Change Is Gonna Come

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Song of the day  - A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke.

The story goes that Cooke was inspired to write this song because of the racism that he experienced back in 1963. Cooke made reservations at a hotel for him and his wife, and band members. When he got there to check in,  they were told that there were no vacancies. He was livid and had some words for the staff there. When he was finally talked into leaving the establishment, they were arrested for disturbing the peace. The city was Shreveport, Louisiana. 

In 2019 (not a typo), the mayor of Shreveport formally apologized to Sam Cooke's family and posthumously gave him the key to the city.

It took them 56 years just to apologize (Chris Rock's voice)!

The amount of hateful acts and racism that has been captured on camera since this pandemic is maddening, only adding to the anxiety and depression that many are feeling since covid-19 has hit the scene and changed the way most of us live.

Some of my friends and I have started to do something. We are recording our conversations to hopefully provide a perspective that isn't unique necessarily, but one that the people who will watch it have yet to hear. I pray that people have their own conversations around it and come up with a plan for how to positively impact this society. 

We all have people on our social media, with a lot of opinions. Poking holes in what others are doing, but don't seem to be doing a damn thing themselves. Don't seem to be interested in any action. Just criticism. If we have the same goal in mind, we can get there in different ways, but you have to be moving towards something for me to engage in a conversation. Folks regurgitating some old, stale, talking points that they've heard, but haven't researched are not my type of folks.

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