Monday, May 29, 2017

the handing down of family violence

once upon a time dark skinned people were taken hostage and shipped all across the globe to be used as slaves. there they were mistreated, beaten, abused, raped and killed. men and women formed relationships in this environment and raised children. those relationships would have been strained and full of anger, hurt and rage. man not being able to get his master back, having been stripped of his manhood and humanity, he'd have hated for his wife to disobey him and likely turned to violence as a way of redeeming his masculinity. the women, also mistreated by master and husband, would have taken their grief out on their children. those children grew up feeling the same way and doing the same things. taking out their pain and hardships on their family members.
come the 21st century and poverty is rampant, jail is very likely, little job prospects, lacking in education, drugs, alcohol prevail and inequality the violence continues.

once upon a time pore white folk were put in jail for stealing loaves of bread, handkerchiefs and other petty crimes. some went on boats to other countries and put in jails there. in jails they were stripped of their humanity and abused, neglected and mistreated. some prisoners as young as 9. growing up in that environment leaves them angry and bitter. those who get out of prison have to form relationships in the real world but they're angry and bitter and knowing nothing but injustice and brutality. husbands turn on wives, mothers turn on children. children grow up repeating the patterns they learned from their parents.
come the 21st century and poverty is rampant, jail is very likely, little job prospects, lacking in education, drugs, alcohol prevail and inequality the violence continues.

there are many nationalities who've had stolen generations such as, native amercians, aboriginies and the english in the 1900's. children who were taken from parents without consent, stuck in orphanages or homesteads, sexually abused, beaten and neglected. those children grew up hurt and damaged and not knowing how to be loved nor how to give love.

you take any nationality, jewish, chinese, middle eastern, native amercians, aboriginies, europeans, africans, and they all have something in common. we all have something in common! violent upheavals, wars, genocide, murder in the name of law or religion, violent backgrounds and upbringings that we're all trying hard to escape. but it's hard because violence is insidious and hard to escape when it's all you know.

time to start breeding a different type of human being.

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