My roommate likes to chat on Tiktok with groups of people. (Yes, people my age use Tiktok. He's even more my age than I am.)
My roommate does not choose the topic of conversation. He simply goes along with it.
Invariably they end up talking about the difference between 'black' people and 'white' people, save only for when they end up talking about the difference between men and women.
Of all the beautiful, interesting things that they could be talking about, they end up obsessing about the color of people's skin!
Of all the beautiful, wonderful, interesting things that they could be talking about, from cooking to the stars, to painting to biology, so often people end up talking about the petty differences between two opposing groups of people!
Of the petty differences between 'blacks' and 'whites'
Or the petty differences between men and women
Or between Republicans and Democrats
When there is so much we could be thinking about!
Free your mind!
Free your mind, and your mind will follow!
You were born 'black' into a society that persecutes you for it.
Or a woman into a society that treats women unfairly.
That does not mean you have to put shackles upon your own mind!
You could be thinking about Buddhist philosophy or the Love of Christ
You could be thinking about life on other planets, or under the sea
You could be thinking about composing music or building guitars
Or cooking Chinese food, or growing flowers
Or visiting great trees in great forests
Or spotting birds and squirrels in your own back yard
Or about the nice friends that you meet online!
There are so many things you could be thinking about!
Instead you spend your time obsessing on the petty differences between people with dark skin and people with light skin!
Or between Republicans and Democrats!
Free your mind!
Free your mind and your mind will follow!
God loves you! But only you can think for yourself!
Free your mind! It is so beautiful on the other side!
God loves you!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson