#OrlandoStrong …. “🏳️‍🌈😥 Two Years Ago Today …. #NeverForget …. Always in our Hearts 😥🏳️‍🌈 …. “!!

~~June 12, 2018~~ 

TWO YEARS AGO TODAY

Tragedy struck in the early hours of the night

It was a night of fun and celebration at a Latin even at Pulse, a local LGBTQ night club in Orlando.

Most victims were Latino and Hispanic.

It was Pulse’s Latin Night. 

It was a horrible situation.

It was a huge hit for the Latino and Hispanic communities.

It was reported that 90% of the victims were Latino/Hispanic with 23 of the victims from Puerto Rico.

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Today we remember and honor the 49 souls lost 2 years ago today at #Pulse

Our community is STRONG #OrlandoStrong

#PRIDE⁠ ⁠⁠ ⁠#NeverAgain … we honor them with action! \#GunReformNow #ForThe49 #IAmHRCOrlando

HRC Orlando/Central Florida

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#TwoYearsAgoToday #StopTheHate #OrlandoLGBTCommunity #InMourning #MassShooting #GayNightClub #Pulse #HumanRightsCampaign #PulseGayClub #Orlando #Florida #WeArePulse #JeSuisPulse #OrlandoTragedy #PulseTributeSong #SongTributesToPulse #LatinoHispaniCommunities #GunViolence #Hands #ASongForOrlando #LyricVideo #OrlandoStrong #NeverForget

~~”Hands”~~

A Song for Orlando

~~Published on Jul 12, 2016~~

“Hands”, available now exclusively on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/HandsTribute

“Hands,” is a musical tribute to the 49 victims of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

The track features Mary J Blige, Jason Derulo, Britney Spears, Tyler Glenn, Selena Gomez, Halsey, Ty Herndon, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Adam Lambert, Mary Lambert, Jennifer Lopez, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, Kacey Musgraves, MNEK, Alex Newell, P!nk, Prince Royce, Nate Ruess, RuPaul, Troye Sivan, Jussie Smollett, Gwen Stefani, and Meghan Trainor.

~Lyric Video~

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‘Slavery in America’ …. “🤨 Didn’t End after the Civil War …. A New Form of Enslavement …. Still Permeates the American Psyche 🤨 …. “!!

SLAVERY ISN’T A CHOICE

It could never be!

Recently an American in the music sphere stated that ‘slavery is a choice’.

Interesting to note, he’s an African American himself.

The current political, social and cultural climate in America is such that it lends itself to this type of thinking. The mask is off. Racism, white supremacy, dominance, distortion of facts, ignorance of history or plain shameless self-serving.

You pick the reason!

I find it so difficult to wrap my mind around this type of thinking. I can’t fathom how this happens.

HortyRex©

“When you hear about slavery for 400 years … for 400 years?

That sounds like a choice. You were there for 400 years and it’s all of y’all.

It’s like we’re mentally imprisoned.”

Slavery might have ended on paper after the Civil War, but many white landowners did everything they could to exploit newly freed slaves well into the 20th century.

Thousands of black laborers across the South were forced to work against their will as late as the 1960s – a new form of enslavement that went on in the shadows of rural America.

“As it appears … full read/full credit”

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qven57/how-slavery-survived-in-the-south-long-after-the-civil-war?utm_source=vicefbus

~SHORT VIDEO~

On this episode of DAILY VICE, we traveled to Louisiana to meet genealogist Antoinette Harrell, the “slavery detective of the South,” who tracks down cases of modern-day slavery and abusive labor practices.

They talk to a man whose family was held on a plantation against their will into the 1950’s and Antoinette explains how she uses decades-old records to uncover how slavery was perpetuated long after the Civil War ended.

~LONG VIDEO~

~~The Slavery Detective of the South~~

~~Published on Feb 27, 2018~~

Slavery might have ended on paper after the Civil War, but many white landowners did everything they could to exploit newly freed slaves well into the 20th century.

Thousands of black laborers across the South were forced to work against their will as late as the 1960s – a new form of enslavement that went on in the shadows of rural America.

VICE’s Akil Gibbons traveled to Louisiana to meet genealogist Antoinette Harrell, the “slavery detective of the South,” who tracks down cases of modern-day slavery and abusive labor practices.

They talk to a man whose family was held on a plantation against their will into the 1950’s and Antoinette explains how she uses decades-old records to uncover how slavery was perpetuated long after the Civil War ended.

~VICE~

#SlaveryInAmerica #DidntEndAfterCivilWar #ANewFormOfEnslavement #StillPermeatesAmericanPsyche #SlaveryIsAChoice #SlaveryDetectiveOfTheSouth #VICE #DailyViceEpisode #AkilGibbons #Louisiana #Genealogist #AntoinetteHarrell

#WeAllAreOne #ItIsWhatItIs #DrRex #HortyRex #hrexach

Thoughts for today, #488 …. “On Target …. #WeAreOne …. No Matter the Differences …. we ALL are connected …. “!!

~~June 30, 2017~~ 

WE ALL ARE ONE

This has been the common thread and the mantra that has guided my journey through the blogosphere.

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“You and I are all as much continuous with the physical universe as a wave is continuous with the ocean.”
~Alan W. Watts~

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We ALL are ONE!! 

 

Something to think about …. “Magic is Within …. J.K. Rowling …. “!!

~~April 18, 2017~~

MAGIC IS WITHIN

“We do not need magic to transform our world.

We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.”

~J.K. Rowling~

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We ALL are ONE!! 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #638 …. “American Sign Language …. “!!

~~March 23, 2017~~ 

NATURAL LANGUAGE

American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of anglophone Canada.

~Wikipedia~

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Real meaning behind the handshake …. or lack thereof …. “Believe me …. better for you, Chancellor Merkel …. “!!

~~March 21, 2017~~ 

AWKWARD

Merkel asks for a handshake, Drumpf doesn’t respond

Amid the chaos of President Trump and Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel’s first meeting in the Oval Office on Friday, March 17, a request was made.

Photographers wondered if the world leaders would shake hands.

Merkel turned to Trump.

“Do you want a handshake?” she asked.

Trump didn’t respond.

To be fair, it seemed loud in the room.

And then Merkel made a face.

~~SOURCE~~

http://www.usatoday.com

I’m sorry, I saw the exchange.

I will NOT give Drumpf a pass with the excuse that the room was loud.

He did this on purpose.

He totally ignored the ‘current leader of the free world‘ because he doesn’t know how to deal with strong women.

That was a lack of respect and a demonstration of this ‘person‘ who sits in the Oval office and wanders the White House at night!

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~Trump appears to ignore requests for a handshake with Angela Merkel~

~~Published on Mar 17, 2017~~

During his first meeting with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Drumpf appeared to ignore requests from the media for the two leaders to shake hands. At one point, Merkel turns to Drumpf and says, “they want to have a handshake,” but gets no response from Drumpf.

We ALL are ONE!! 

Thoughts for today, #472 …. “Shake hands …. open hands …. “!!

~~February 27, 2017~~ 

WORDS OF WISDOM

Open your hands and your heart and mind!

~Kristine Marie~

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Something to think about …. “We ALL are in this together …. “!!

~~February 4, 2017~~ 

HUMANITY

“Let the first act of every morning be to make the following resolve for the day:

I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
 I shall conquer untruth by truth.

And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.”

~Mahatma Gandhi~

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We ALL are ONE!! 

A Puerto Rican Moment …. “It Happens …. “Palette of Colors …. “!!

~~September 20, 2016~~ 

THE MOST PERFECT COMBINATION

Watch who well these colors blend.

Red, white, blue.

White skin, brown skin, tan skin.

They all fit so well together.

It’s the perfect combo.

That’s what a Puerto Rican is.

HortyRex©

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We ALL are ONE!! 

IOTD …. Image of the day, #564 …. “Strong Together …. Divided we are Weak …. “!!

~~September 6, 2016~~ 

UNITED OR DIVIDED

“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”

~J.K. Rowling~

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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We ALL are ONE!!