How ironic, the Rochester, NY 911 Deputy Director Stephen Cusenz was
suspended for five days for racially insensitive comments on a FB posts of an
Irondequoit (a town of Rochester) Police Officer whom's post was inappropriate, insulting and racist
to, Mexicans, African Americans and the African Americans people like him LOVE
to HATE the most, POTUS and the First Lady. This is so ironic, but no surprise
what so ever to me that Rochester's 911 Deputy Director Stephen Cusenz chimed in with his
racial comments. Stephen is an alum of Leadership Rochester (lol-Leader) class
of 2012, the same time I participated in the program. I remember so
specifically the day we came back from Get Grounded Day, exploring different
areas of the city of Rochester. During Mr. Cusenz debriefing of his
exploration, which was the inner city, he described what he saw as the GHETTO.
Now, I know what most people's images, thoughts and expectations of the GHETTO
are, but I took this personal. I took it personal because there I was, sitting
right there, in the same Leadership class that he was a part of, coming from
the same area he had just explored doing exactly what he was doing except I
wasn't criticizing the area I explored in a negative way. I discovered his
racism back then (I think I'm a pretty good judge of character-doesn't look
like I was wrong either) and now everyone else is seeing it. I was so mad but
yet inspired by his depiction of what I've know as home, that I decided to make
an acronym out of the word G.H.E.T.T.O. (Great History Emerges Through Though Oppression) and make t-shirts. If you don't believe
me check out this link from a year ago..
http://blogvizunz.blogspot.com/2014/02/ghetto.html
Thursday, March 26, 2015
THE IRONY!
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