Express Yourself Democratically

by Patricia Britt


Once upon a time I had aspirations I might become a national journalist similar to Peter Jennings. Hope still breathes, and the dream still lives, however the media industry gets smaller every year as the power of the people asserts itself in blogs, and social media across many platforms as technology becomes more available to more people. Traditional outlets hire less people. And the people they do hire require more education.

The last article I wrote, published in hard copy was January 2009. I wrote one article about President Obama's win and the good will of the American public that gave him to us for 8 years. Another article was about Rev. Jeremiah Wright. He came to the church I attended and spoke a logical spiritual message with no inflammatory expressions, just a sermon some time after he mispoke about America in the heat of passion over the sorrow of a particular group?

However the editor I was grateful to that granted me the opportunity to write articles in his newspaper, the www.mibulletin.org where I reviewed concerts i.e. Kem, and John Legend near the start of their careers, and Howard Hewett, Surgeon General David Satcher, the 40th MLK Memorial in Memphis, Julianne Malveaux economist felt the need to insert lines in my article i.e. "The racist white media," that I did not approve. It probably regularly happens to writers / journalists even in national publications?

Since 2009 online media outlets have erupted with conservative, and inflammatory viewpoints from coast to coast around the globe, and I have to concede some do have racist viewpoints you can't overlook. However many positive outlets have blossomed as well such as the www.root.com. Traditional networks have other outlets www.thegrio.com www.politifact.com there are so many it's hard to track them, then that's the beauty of this country, and the cyberworld, a plurality of ideas. You can agree with your group, or disagree within your group, you can agree with those outside your group, or disagree with those ideas. Thought is free.

By the same token young writers should be prepared for projections steered towards them when they write about super heroes i.e. Pam Grier, Sonia Sanchez, and others in print, or online in their profession, the hopes to attain a job, or simply the desire for the world to be a better place through spin, or history.

To express yourself is a democratic principal. Express yourself democratically through your words, and example as an American.

I hope to write more interviews that lean toward love in 2018. We all need hope.

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Quote

Pericles Statesman of the 5th century BC "Wait for the wisest of all counselors, time."

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization's anchor. We are the compass for humanity's conscience. by Harry Belafonte

People will say to me, ‘You’ve played so many strong women’ and I’ll say, ‘Have you ever said to a man, ‘You’ve played so many strong men?’ by Meryl Streep

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God My God by VaShawn Mitchell

Female by Keith Urban

Forget Me Nots by Patrice Rushen


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