Long time, No write! Let's talk about race!!

Hi, everyone! It has been almost a YEAR since I wrote anything. I will try to be more-better. :) I know how all three of you readers love you some Carmen.

First and foremost, I am sick, sick, sick of hearing about race. I seem to recall ranting writing about this before, but it just will not go away!

I will take the most recent events as an example. The killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, both by police officers.

From everything I have heard, the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO was completely justified. And aside from being a witness, everyone else out there, black and white, have the same information that I do. The only thing I question is the number of times Mr. Brown was shot, which was excessive, in my opinion. However, you cannot dare a police officer to do something, threaten him physically, and expect not to be shot.

Black people seem to be mad because the officer is white and the dead man was black. There is no mention that he was a thug, who had just robbed a store, and allegedly attacked the officer through the window as the officer sat in his patrol car. Reasonable people would think, "Well, what did the thug expect?"

Oh, no! Everyone is screaming "Excessing Force! Excessing Force!" Baloney.

The second is the death of Eric Garner in New York City. Police stopped him for some reason, which is not the important part here. The important part is that, in video evidence, he did absolutely not one thing to warrant being put in the choke hold that eventually killed him. There was an inordinate amount of police officers standing around, so I have to assume that the officer holding him didn't actually fear for his life. Mr. Garner, in the hearing of the video, told police several times that he couldn't breathe. The officer continued to basically choke the life out of him. That police officer should be charged with excessive force, I don't care what color everyone is.

And that is the crux of the matter. I DON'T CARE WHAT COLOR EVERYONE IS. Everyone is entitled to feel safe and protected under the law. Mr. Brown broke the law and physically threatened a police officer. Force needed. Mr. Garner was smack-talking the police, but was not threatening them physically in any way. Force NOT needed.

Being black has nothing to do with this, and I am SICK UNTO DEATH of (mostly black) people making it an issue.

You know who sees color? Black people. And the loudest ones seem to see it most when something "bad" happens.

Another example is the 2015 Academy Award nominations. No black people were nominated in the main categories. Black people are all in a tizzy. Evidently, whether or not their performance warrants it, some blacks have to be nominated to make the pool more diverse. Hogwash! You are nominated if the members of the Academy think you deserve it. Do black people everywhere actually think a bunch of liberals in Hollywood are going to NOT nominate because of skin color? That is crazy!! It doesn't even pass the common sense test.

And has anyone but me noticed that the freaking president of the Academy is a BLACK WOMAN?

Sooooo, STFU.