Today, while I was driving to work (it is literally 4 miles away), I had my radio on one of the few radio stations that we get here. As I was listening and waiting on the music to play, a commercial came on explaining that there is going to be a rodeo in the near future and the voice was telling me all the events that were going to be held......with "Blacks, Hispanics.....blah, blah, blah..." I stopped listening after the word "Hispanics"....
Generally, I will just change the channel if I don't like the station. But this...this bullshit of a commercial came on and I just froze...I could not understand nor comprehend what the hell race had to do with a rodeo. It kept replaying in my head..."this race is going to be there.....this race is going to be there...." I swear I choked on my own heart a little.
Party people, let me explain something to you. With shit like this commercial on the radio, who is really keeping racism alive? Is it really a race that causes the racism or is it the people (regardless of the color of skin) that love to bullshit themselves into believing that racism is still very much so alive and still a valid issue? Who should take the responsibility for putting this crap on the air? Had my kids been listening to this commercial, thank goodness they weren't, I would have had to explain a few things to them. I would have had to let them know that this blasphemy has no place on a radio station or anywhere for that matter.
Seriously though, I didn't know that horses and bulls cared about your race when you are riding in a rodeo. New one on me.
CCG
