Apathy Not Allowed

This descendant of a slave comes from a proud line of independent hardworking, forward planning, and thinking men and woman.  That’s why I wanted my children to know the details of my family’s life before they were born – why I wrote a book.  I wanted Black Star Girl to inspire self-reliance and instill young people with the thinking and action qualities I appreciated in my parents.

“Things will change and you must be ready for different opportunities,” John W. Woods, Jr. told his children.  It was in the early ‘50’s.  It was when segregation and discrimination stood in the way of black men, women, and children being able to do what they wanted.  My father’s life was managed by racist laws and society, as was every black person.  I, for one, followed my dad’s sound advice and had a professional career in Corporate America.

Today, I was thinking we, the electorate, have all become a deftly managed people.  Those of us who have not succumbed to apathy are readily available at the whim of our multi-faceted media to debate the issues backroom strategy puts before us.  I don’t notice infrastructure deterioration, Job Development and our banking industry’s insufficient response to consumer needs among those issues given detailed attention.

I hope, while local and national election campaigning is consuming the time, energy, planning and performance of those seeking to hold office (and their supporters and party members) and essentially no other business is getting done, we the voters will not be apathetic. 

Ours is a democratic system of government - of the people, for the people, by the people. We should participate fully in the business at hand.  Gather information and be ready to Vote for the candidate of your choice in every election. Will you?