To say that I am upset, would be an understatement. I just came home troubled. I saw the same old, same old. Black women pulling the wagon, while Black men stood by to see if they could give some directions. It is great to be fluent in several languages. So that when one woman told someone to say 'hi' to his wife, I could ignore this short little man aiming for me. Too much Black does not protect from predators. A turn away at the right moment, left him open to only make a fool of himself. He did not go there, instead he moved on without getting too close to my nerves. And I could refocus on the effect of the same old behaviors on our precious children.
As I looked down a bit to see how our children were doing, I was shocked. I saw so many Black children wearing eyeglasses that I am sure that there is an unreported crisis going on. Staring at computer screens and their 'smart' phones, must not be a healthy thing for their brains nor eyes. However, I know that there is more going on than that. White Pete does not care about Back health, unless they can exploit it. They prefer to just kill, but to maim and then kill is more profitable. They have no cures, only more sickness.
All the money on tests and glasses, goes into the pocket of these white Petes and their Setan. I do know a few - two - Black people who are able to make a living selling eyeglasses. But, I do not know any Black person who is able to make the glasses, and thus able to redirect some of the millions made of our lacking sight, back into the Black economy. The whole eyesight commerce chain is in the hands of white Petes and Setan. Even when Black people get educated on the scam with the machines that supposedly measure the correct eyesight, where are the Black people to help correctly measure it and make the glasses? We lose twice. They take our eyesight and our money.
Is there an alternative? Once the damage is done, there is only white Pete to the 'rescue'. And orders are that only the 'worthy' get rescued, everyone else needs to pay for a quickly failing fix. In the Caribbean there are great brown Black medical schools and hospitals, but that is quite an expensive alternative for someone who does not live around those quarters. And that is just money spent to get there. Then it might be cheapest to do as white Pete says, and buy the children some white Pete glasses. No, I have no alternative for those already sucked into the con. I will keep my eyes and ears open, but with so many other problems we have to solve as a community of communities, I would not be surprised if it takes a while to solve this one.
It may seem as the least of our problems. 'Just get them some glasses.' But, in how many more ways will we allow ourselves to be dependent on white Pete? How much trouble is it to watch out for the (eye)sight of our children? It is the perfect excuse to get your children to read a book, instead of staring at a screen. 'Do you want glasses? Do you?! Well, turn off that computer and grab a book then!' It has come to this. We have to go old school on our children.
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