POVERTY BURNS OUT THE MIND OF PEOPLE.

POVERTY BURNS OUT THE MIND OF PEOPLE.

Most of the time I am on the street in New York trying to get the youth away from the street corners in it is not easy doing so. They all believe that life has nothing to offer them except police men beating them up and putting them in Jail  and the next thing they know they receive a felony from the judge that handle their cases. In this case, they told me life is just a minute at a time. I asked several of the youth about alcohol, drugs, and crime. There response, “We drink alcohol to num the pain of our suffering and sell drugs because we cannot get a job in our community and we have to eat. We are slaves in the eyes of the system only because we are not working on the cotton field picking cotton. Slavery is not abolished; living on the welfare system is slavery. Been locked up in prison and giving felony for petty crimes are slavery. Been a Blackman or woman in America is like a dead dog lying on the street corner and everyone passes it by and refused to pick it up because they believe it is stink.”

It is very sad to hear the youth stories. They mentioned that some of them went to college and highly skilled but no one wants to employ them because they are black and having a felony for simple things, such as been hungry and stole from a groceries store or supermarket. It is so degrading to know that the law is not balance when it comes to crime in America. In fact, I sat in many courtrooms in New York listening to the verdict of the Judges and the race they are judging and it is very partial. I saw three young men in a certain courtroom who the police found with liquor and drugs in their car and they were Community services. I saw a young Blackman twenty-five years old, who was caught with an empty alcohol bottle in his car, he was charged for speeding.  He shows up in a female Judge courtroom, the first thing she said, “Arrest him.” Immediately the handcuff was placed on his hands and he was sent to jail.

The young man’s mother bailed him out of jail. His next hearing he was charged for DWI and speeding. He has to serve twelve weekends in jail and later ends up with a misdemeanor. This young man has been to college and has a bright feature ahead of him, and was mess-up by the injustice system. Looking at what they called the Justice System is just a papa gander, because the law only made for certain groups of people. There is one group of people according to the youth on the streets corners in New York that does not make mistake; they are the one with all the power and money. Poor man in America is foot-mat. They are not to be seen or heard of-they belong to the graveyard or prison. I believe Society needs to have the same law for everyone regardless of race, color or creed. Poverty burns out the mind of poor people. This is what happen when you are hungry and are unable to find a meal to suffice your body,   “ Whenever I go prolonged periods of time without food...My stomach starts to growl and hurt...and I get a head ache...usually that's it...my third symptom...is usually more severe...in which I throw up...
But, in the movies and television shows...When people go prolonged periods of time without food...it just shows them laying down...tired...or sitting....do they have headaches? Or are they just hungry?” They are unable to think straight. We need to rally for the youth not are treated like second class citizens, we can trained them in their chosen field, love them let them feel wanted and not rejected. In doing so, we can pull their gifts out in order to help them. I promised to stand passionately behind the youth of New York until I can reach them in other States and the world. People have to start loving themselves and others to protect their family and friends. Let us treat other with respect and love. Pray for the youth and their families in every area of their lives. Remember that poverty is destructive. When one is lacking resources, it is not easy to survive. I considered poverty to be “Felony” because it puts you into an area of rejection and it causes people to despise you without a passion. Moreover, God knows it all. When I am on the Street corners with the youth, I found peace and comfort with them. I dear not scorn them because Jesus did not scorn them he loves them.