We are fastly approaching the year 2009. Why is this significant? Because it has been 144 years since slavery ended, which was supposed to signify the mental shift away from racism in North America.

Although, many states in the union have come a long way in their treatment of people of color, the evil still remains and rears its ugly head every now and again.

Most recently a University of Texas football player named Buck Burnette garnered national attention for making racist comments. Burnette admitted to updating his FaceBook status to read “all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse” shortly after Barack Obama was elected president of the U.S. Consequently, he was dismissed from the team.

THEN… (as if that wasn’t enough) while I was reading the New York Times on Tuesday (because I try and get my education on every so often) I came across an article about Southern politics where a gentleman (and I use the term loosely) Don Dollar (the administrative assistant at City Hall in a small Alabama city) said that anyone not upset with Mr. Obama’s victory should seek religious forgiveness. WTF!!!

PEOPLE… we’re talking about something very simple here… complexion! Why is that a reason to HATE or DISLIKE anyone? Everyone in this country (probably even the world) has many shades in their lineage. We’re all one big melting pot of cultures, races and scoio-economic backgrounds.

Cut the B.S. and get busy LOVIN you senseless BASTARDS!

Vitamin V