There were some sour notes

December 14th, 2010  •  Posted by Lillie  •  No Comments

My only brother is almost six years my junior so I thought of him as my living baby doll while growing up. By the time I left home we had not formed a grown up relationship. This was to come later. Whenever we have time to talk I love to hear about his years on the road as a musician playing the college circuit as the leader of the Mighty Majors. A band made up of music majors from North Carolina A&T college. Like most people my idea of the music business was one of a fun life style. Little did I know of the hard times my brother went through in the late sixties and seventies traveling the southern roads to go from gig to gig.
 
I never knew that my brother put his life on the line to pursue his love for music. You have to remember that this was the time when a group of young Black well dressed men in nice cars were a magnet from people who thought they had the right to abuse people of a different color.
 
Finding a place to eat was always a problem in small towns. My brother told me of a time when his band stopped to get food and whiled the others waited to be served he observed the cook spit in the food. George did not say anything until the food was bagged and brought up to the counter. He told the owner he was not taking the order. She became upset until she was told the reason why. She fired the cook on the spot. “Mister” she said “the only color I worry about is the green of your money!” Getting in their cars they were followed down the road by the cook and his redneck friends. The band brought out some 38 caliber protection to safely finish their trip. This was the sign of the time.
 
Young artists of today know nothing of what has got them to the place where they, with the right amount of money, can walk into the biggest and swankiest hotels and eateries. Dues was paid. Enjoy what you have but give thanks to those before you who paved the way.

Is there no answer for bullying?

November 15th, 2010  •  Posted by Lillie  •  No Comments

I no longer have young children nor do I have grand children, but my heart is breaking over the recent rash of deaths from kids being bullied. One of the most recent deaths was a eighteen year old young man minding his business, while leaving a party he was jumped by a pack of sick [...]

A society of intolerance

November 3rd, 2010  •  Posted by Lillie  •  No Comments

Our society has become a bastion of intolerance and self righteousness. If you are not one of what these people feel is the norm you are free targets to be bullied and made to suffer. One of the latest to decide what should be acceptable and voice her opinion is Maura Kelly, a journalist of [...]

An you thought Scrooge was bad

October 27th, 2010  •  Posted by Lillie  •  1 Comment

Who ever said that no good deed goes unpunished was oh so right. When a group of Washington high school football officials decided to donate their pay checks to the Susan G. Koman foundation for breast cancer research and to use pink whistles at the next game, little did they know that they would be [...]

Bulling has risen to a new high

October 23rd, 2010  •  Posted by Lillie  •  No Comments

Bulling is defined as: “the act of mentally or physically harming another” has risen to and all time high with a new and deadly twist. All of us have run into the schoolyard bully who promised to break our faces but folded when we stood up for ourselves. But we now have new kinds of [...]

 

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