Dr Ada M Fisher
The
Jesse Owen’s biopic movie, “Race” is absolutely fabulous. It is a
poignant reminder in this Black History Month of what we have faced to get where
we are as a nation and as individuals. Watching
Owen’s strides to get to the Olympics as a father out of wedlock
to trying to be a normal student in the face of
other’s expectation, making good on his promise of marriage to his
baby’s mother, facing the underlying lies of those at
his university and in the Olympics who
were to have his back all while functioning in a dysfunctional
family unit, it is clear that the more things change the more they remain the
same as the young daily assert in their Black Lives Matter efforts.
In
North Carolina’s Caswell County, Wilson Cary proclaimed in the 1860s the issues
for Black Republicans were the wrongness of attracting immigrants over blacks
for labor to the state and the need to support the 14th Amendment which defined
citizen rights. Donald Trump has incorporated that message into
his campaign which is why despite the pundits he is winning his races and can
win the presidency.
Politicians
who say that the ethnic issues of the day can be addressed with jobs, individual
responsibility, and adoption of family values alone are not in the world as it
is but in a false reality they’d like to see. The jobs of today
are not what is being espoused for the future when right here in North Carolina
at Wake Forest University, ears, bone replacements and other body parts are now
being made with 3D-printers and new technology in which few minority students
are engaged. The people on the earth may be expanding beyond the
capacity of the ocean and food chain to feed us. With water
everywhere but only 3% fit to drink, where are our mavens in this
field?
Movies
would have us believe the zombies will overrun us or the arts and entertainment
of voice and dance will allow you to find yourself while we possibly go to hell
in a hurry shaking ones booty and gyrating our private parts in search of
nothingness. The frontiers of Science, Technology,
Engineering, Mathematics and English need our best and brightest
minds which means folks must get off the dime and their behind to put in the
work such requires.
Ecclesiastes
9:11 reminds us that “. . .the race is not to the swift, nor the
battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of
understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to
them all.” Jesse Owens set four world Olympic records in track and
field bringing home the gold in each only to face the relentless discrimination
inflicted by segregation. The skin heads and denial of the
holocaust are critical reminders that the race isn’t finished.
Each
person and each generation must set their own course on the field of play while
passing the baton for the next leg in the relay of life.
Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a physician, licensed teacher
in secondary education—Mathematics and Science, former School Board Member and
as well as the NC Republican National Committee Woman. Her book, Common Sense
Conservative Prescriptions Solutions for What Ails Us, Book I may be ordered
through any bookstore or purchased on line through Amazon.com or
thecreatespaceStore.com or on Kindle. Contact her at P. O. Box 777; Salisbury,
NC 28145; DrFisher@GETADOCTORINTHEHOUSE.com
