Al Sharpton and other activists are telling Black Americans and Black-owned businesses to boycott America’s 250th birthday.
My response: You do not speak for me.
You do not get to use my skin color to tell me what I can celebrate. I was not a slave. You were not a slave. We are free Americans, and I refuse to walk around pretending we are still in chains.
Yes, I proudly put George Washington on my America 250 Cousin T’s pancake box. He owned slaves, but that is not his entire legacy. He was also our first president and helped build the nation that gave people like me the freedom to rise.
I went from foster care to building Cousin T’s, a successful Black-owned American company. I am living the American Dream.
So while Al Sharpton is calling for a boycott, I am calling for Black Americans to stop letting professional outrage merchants convince us that patriotism belongs only to white people.
America is my country too.
I will celebrate her loudly, proudly, and without permission.
🐊 INCREDIBLE Survival Story!
A 10-year-old Orlando girl named Juliana Ossa fought off a nearly 9-foot alligator that clamped onto her leg in shallow water at Moss Park.
Instead of panicking, she remembered a trick from a Gatorland field trip.
She stuck her fingers into the alligator’s nostrils, plugging its nose so it couldn’t breathe. Alligators need to open their mouths to breathe when their nostrils are blocked, which forced this one to release her leg. She then pried its mouth open further to free herself completely.
Her quick thinking and calmness under pressure saved her from a much worse outcome. She was bitten but escaped with injuries that required medical treatment
Wow! I never knew this about alligators. You?
It’s pointless to continue the fight against the madness. Democrats in America thrive on communism, fraud, and illegal immigration, turning a blind eye to crime, while feckless Republicans huff and puff and just sit on their hands. It’s hopeless, and I’m sick of it all.