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Virginia's Expression Of Shame Is Merely A Sham
And as I've stated in another article that was recently posted on my blog site . . . I have often imparted to people the period of slavery my grandparents were subject to, way into their early and late teens. How they never manifest any acrimony because of their experience, though some of their narratives angered, disappointed, disturbed and embittered me but never have I held any hatred against white people or anyone for this past and continuing racism. Anyway, it was something my parents and grandparents disapproved of and it is not part of the divine predisposition already set within my character and nature. I moved from Virginia nearly a year ago and before leaving I was upset with the fact that not very much has changed since the "abolition of slavery that was followed by systematic discrimination, enforced segregation, and other insidious institutions and practices toward Americans of African descent that were rooted in racism, racial bias, and racial misunderstanding", as it was stated in the The Associated Press this week. I grew up in Virginia as a young man and lived there for the past six years and I saw the regression of any advantages that the decendent of African-Americans had made, particularly in Jamestown and Williamsburg, where I onced lived. I lived in Williamsburg from 2000 until 2002 and applied for employment in some ighly paying and low paying jobs without success for that two year period. Two possibilities that I didn't want to believe were: 1. I want still being Blacklisted for exposing the corruption within the Philadelphia Police Department nearly 20 years ago and 2. I wasn't able to get employment because I was black That was until I had talked with other people concerning this situation and observed the subtile changes that were taking place with the Black citizen born, raised, and educated in the area. I had talked with people who had been employed as maids and houskeepers in the hotel and motel industry, as cooks and waiters in the food and restaurant industry, as clerks, grounds keepers and dishwashers . . . you name it, who had worked for no less that four (4) years . . . and for some, as many as fifteen (15) years whose jobs were now being replaced with people from cheap contract immigrant labor. If the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency were to conduct a raid of illegal immigrants working in Jamestown and Williamsburg they would get more than the 300 illegal immigrants they did in the 63 locations nationwide. But they won't do that, there's too much money tied up in the tourist industry for Jamestown and Williamsburg and it would be an embarassement for them with the expected visit by the Queen of England for the Jamestown Celebration. God Bless the Queen. S. Tyree Henderson Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com The author is an editorialist, playwright, and historian. publicbacklash.com/ |
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