"what Is a Sad Day In America?"

“WHAT IS A SAD DAY IN AMERICA?” It is a “Sad Day” in America when you wake up every day worrying about being black, educated and female. It is a “Sad Day” in America when you wake up every day and there is a new battle. It is a “Sad Day” in America when you wake up living on the outside of the American Dream, but you live within America and you have nightmares about walking in the shoes of another race in your view. It is a “Sad Day” in America when Civil Rights begin to regress over 40 years. It is a “Sad Day” in America when you have to worry about what religion or denomination you belong too. It is a “Sad Day” in American when the words “I can” in the word American does not represent “I can because I am free.” Instead it becomes an obstacle because others continue to suppress me--- because of my race, religion, sex, ability or disability? It is a “Sad Day” in America when we accept mediocracy. It is a “Sad Day” in America when we cannot accept our fellow man or fellow woman. It is a “Sad Day” in America when others cannot hear or see. It is a “Sad Day” when we can no longer show empathy. It is a “Sad Day” when all we do is “nothing”. The “Glorious Day” will come when we learn the history of others, walk with others by empathizing with others and consider ourselves brothers and sisters in “One America”, one fight, one battle, one love-- until that time “it is” and “will be” a “Sad Day” in America. copyright@2006 by Carrie M. Love-Atkins