Last week was great in at least one way, my oldest daughter was able to come for a visit. It was nice to spend time together and see her (mostly masked) face. Unfortunately, it was also a time of lots of work. I ended up working most of the weekend. One unfortunate side effect of that was that the tile floor did not get grouted. Guess I’ll be doing that on my own.
We’ve seen a lot of “Support Dearborn Police Department Sign” around. Disappointing that on one hand, the City has removed the statue of Mayor Orville Hubbard, yet on the other hand, continues many of the believes that he espoused. (Those of you not from the area, Mayor Hubbard was most famous for the slogan “Keep Dearborn Clean”. This meant “Keep the Black Folks out of Dearborn”.) The saying, however, isn’t blatant enough for all to unequivocally acknowledge what it means, it allowed for some to focus on picking up the trash on a timely basis.
Do we support the Police? Of course. But I was also raised to believe that “all men are created equal”. America has always had that as a founding principle, but has yet to live up to that motto. It is only through dilegent effort that we can ever hope to truly bring that to America. Currently, the way that we train, equip and write laws for our police do not let us live up to that standard.
Well, that turned pretty serious. The reality is that we all need to address where we stand though. For many members of our community, that isn’t just a choice to be serious, but a way of live every waking moment.
Fall is coming. Hopefully, work will slow down as I have some personal projects that I’d like to work on.
