By Ebony Horton
One of our photographers passed by some suspected Ku Klux Klan activity on Highway 27, headed toward Echo, the other day.
The only reason I haven’t written a story is because the sheriff’s office confirmed there had been no official complaints of such activity in the county, and, unless the alleged folks came forward to the media as those in Donalsonville, Ga., had, or unless a reporter witnessed it, our company won’t allow unnamed sources.
Being the objective person I have to be in the news, I still have some questions and some matter-of-fact thoughts. How, in a nation of such great opportunity and yet such dire need for unity, could people choose to seclude themselves to judgment and hostility? What benefit is there?
Yet, even in their anger remain some steady facts. The nation still has a black – or bi-racial, whichever you prefer – president. There are still Hispanic, Black, Irish, Australian, British, Italian, Korean, etc. CEO’s and bosses all throughout the Southeast and the country that some racists probably work for and serve.
There are ethnic families who will possibly do 10 times better than self-proclaimed racists’ families because the former’s children won’t have to grow up wondering why they are forced to hate their classmates, since, of course, schools are integrated now.
And, since races are allowed to shop in the same groceries stores as other races and attend the same functions, people who hate might always be the miserable ones since, unless they stay in their homes, they’ll always be surrounded by people who don’t look exactly like them.
I know the Klan, and likely other groups like Black Panthers, have changed their missions since when they first began. I know they tend to target immigration laws and other political things in order to keep their dwindling numbers from completely diminishing.
But, might I suggest the reason numbers are dwindling is because people get it now? They get that hate (if they’re religious, anyway), only covers over their own blessings and might never affect the person they hate.
They get that covering their faces with a sheet and burning crosses shows a sign of cowardice, and in this economy, is a waste of fabric and wood.
And they get that people, like those who probably don’t even know the haters’ opinions, could really care less about their thoughts anyway.
What are your thoughts?
Posted by Ebony Horton on 01/31 at 07:16 AM
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By Ebony Horton
As you’ve probably read, Ozark City Schools is discussing two viable options on where to build a new high school. One is on the existing site, the other out on Roy Parker Road. One thing I try to include in every story is two sides, but I have yet (since the mayorial campaigns, anyway) ran into anyone who is against the city building a new school.
How do you feel? What should be the school system’s priority? What will be needed most in the new school?
Posted by Ebony Horton on 01/30 at 01:00 PM
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By Ebony Horton
We almost didn’t make it to D.C.
A crew we were planning to go with canceled, and it just so happened the people on the new trip were gracious enough to offer two seats that had been canceled just a couple days before the ride.
But finally, after a trip to the Capitol, we’re headed back to the great state of Alabama to continue our life’s routines.
I have to admit I didn’t quite weather D.C.’s signature cold the entire time as some did to either see the Jumbotron or President Barack Obama make his speech.
Instead, my toes froze a little before Vice President Joe Biden took his oath of office, so I went and sat on one of the triage buses and hung out at a hot dog vendor’s van to keep warm.
One lady held a handheld TV thing-a-mer-jigger and we listened and watched Obama’s speech for change on there.
Then there was a huge shout of “We have a new president! We have a new president!”
By then, droves of people moved from the National Mall toward either the parade route or the shuttle buses.
Some of our crew visited some of the vendors.
Then, of course, there was the three-hour wait to find someone who apparently jumped on another bus.
But hey, the significance of this trip can’t be softened by anything, and there is one thing that has changed. After witnessing the official arrival of a new president and a new era, none of our lives will ever be the same.
Whether the change is as small as looking at a penny differently since Obama took the Oath of Office on President Abraham Lincoln’s Bible, or as large as taking a new outlook on life as a whole, the significance of this trip can’t be altered.
Posted by Ebony Horton on 01/21 at 07:46 AM
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By Ebony Horton
Well, in a little while. The bus doesn’t actually leave D.C. until 5 EST, so we’re still waiting for a few folks to come. I’m really tired after a full day of election events and only three hours sleep, but you know what? I witnessed my first inauguration in person. I’m not complaining.
Read tomorrow’s D.C. story for all the details.
Posted by Ebony Horton on 01/20 at 03:23 PM
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By Ebony Horton
CHS Athletics
Steak Sandwich and Ribs Sale
January 30 and 31 (Friday and Saturday)
Steak Sandwiches - $4.00
Ribs - $15.00
Super Sav
10-12 A.M. Pickup
1-5 P.M. Pickup
Call 334 774 4915 for more info
Posted by Ebony Horton on 01/20 at 01:28 AM
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