Thoughtful Thursdays, Stayed on Freedom’s Call page 23, and Blockbusting

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

It is crucial that we each help our society to become more fully inclusive for all of us today, and to come and work together, for all of us, right? 

Especially where housing is concerned.

I believe that attention to shared histories, as in DC, may provide part of an answer.  I started a note about that, a few years ago, in my book Stayed on Freedom’s Call:

” … given person really was. White residents of the Capital felt that they knew both how to identify and what to expect from colored residents. He now found that those same misconceptions were being used by unethical real estate agents and speculators, now known as Block Busters, to frighten White home owners into selling cheaply, profiting on their fear of the unknown after over 70 years of nearly complete separation of races and classes in the District of Columbia.

Ironically…

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Ohio chief medical officer on unvaccinated becoming infected: ‘It is really now just a matter of time’ | TheHill

Ohio’s top medical experts held a news conference Wednesday where they discussed vaccines questions and safety. Bruce Vanderhoff, the chief medical officer for the Ohio Department of Health, warned residents that they essentially have a choice between the vaccine and the virus.

“It is really now just a matter of time,” Vanderhoff said during the conference. “It is when, not if, an unvaccinated individual develops COVID-19.”

“Either you get vaccinated or you are going to get COVID-19,” he added.

Source: Ohio chief medical officer on unvaccinated becoming infected: ‘It is really now just a matter of time’ | TheHill

Incel Who Idolized Elliot Rodger Charged With Planning Mass Murder

Tres Genco, a 21-year-old man in Hillsboro, Ohio, has been charged by a federal grand jury over the planning of a mass shooting at an Ohio college after years of posting on “incel” message boards and idolizing Elliot Rodger, who killed six people and injured 14 in Isla Vista, California and at University of California Santa Barbara in 2014. Source: Incel Who Idolized Elliot Rodger Charged With Planning Mass Murder

What’s So Wrong With an Honest Look at America’s Past? – WeTheCommoners Blog

New Bogeyman on the Scene: Critical Race Theory

Conservatives have melted down over the idea of critical race theory and its so-called pervasion through public schools. Critical race theory was invented in the 1980s by academics and law professors and was taught in universities in obscure programs. Below are some of critical race theory’s founders….

Source: What’s So Wrong With an Honest Look at America’s Past? – WeTheCommoners Blog

Alarming L.A. spike in coronavirus cases: 2,551 in one day – Los Angeles Times

In a troubling pattern, Los Angeles County has reported another day of sharply increased coronavirus cases.

On Wednesday, 2,551 new COVID-19 cases were recorded, the biggest total in months, underscoring of how the Delta variant is rapidly spreading among those who have not been vaccinated.

Officials have expressed growing alarm over the spread. The positivity rate now stands at 5.2% in Los Angeles County; a month ago it was only 0.7%. With Wednesday’s tally, county health officials report that cases have increased twentyfold over the last month.

The spike comes after L.A. County over the weekend begin requiring people to wear masks in indoor public locations.

Source: Alarming L.A. spike in coronavirus cases: 2,551 in one day – Los Angeles Times

Deforestation is Our Enemy

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When people don’t know why trees are important they destroy them

They only think of earning and then they create a problem

What will money do for us if our air is toxic

Because we are cutting down trees and burning plastic

When more people know about the value of our trees, life will be great

We need to build environmental protection awareness now, before it is too late

The climate crisis did not happen over night

It has been a long time since enough people wouldn’t treat the environment right

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There are still too many people on the planet who believe nothing can go wrong when they destroy trees

They won’t replant, they only think about making money and living with ease

And if more reducing of the use of paper towels and other similar items was being done

We could look forward…

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