A Duck’s view!

 

A drake is a male duck.   

This is the start of a new blog for me. I have been thinking quite a bit about stuff in life and feel from time to time like sharing some of my thoughts with others. This will be the forum through which I began this journey of disclosure. I will simply call this blog: Drake’sview. The name says it all. What you read will be how I view issues, stuff that effect my community, my family and my life. It will clearly be my perspective on the issues I (we) encounter in our community. I will comment on current and critcal issues and how they impact the urban community in general and Rainier Valley in particular and me specifically. The pieces I post may not be laced with profundity or may not be seminal in nature, or even that original. They may not even make sense to you from your vantage point, however, I guarantee that my blogs will be honest and hopefully will engender lots of meaningful and constructive conversation. I should warn you, however, while welcoming you to Drake’sview, you must enter at your own risk. If you want to continue to see things as they are or if you are super comfortable with the status quo then you may not want to check this blog out too often. What you encounter here could be unsettling and even considered dangerous to the commfortable. So consider yourself warned and welcome to Drake’sview. Some of the issues I hope to address are:This nations failure to move people out of poverty inspite of all the Money being spent. Why we will continue to be a nation of have and have nots. Why there are some who don’t want to see the problem of race solved in this nation. The shame of seeing so many black men die when they encounter white policeman and while white men don’t. Black on Black crime. The conspiracy (policies) to continue the miseducation of African American children.  The struggle to raise Black boys in our nation. How to have a successful marriage in an age when commitment seem nearly extinct.  My travels  and a few other odd topics.