December 10, 2023
I am self-aware, self-sufficient, work smart, educated, assertive, fun loving, emotionally intelligent, grounded, deeply spiritual, quietly reflective member of the human family living with and experiencing a disability, whom happens to be Black man. The past two years, living life in Minnesota equitably has been extremely difficult. White male physicians, insurance investigators and…
DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION 2022-2023
February 10, 2023
Since September 9, 2022 I’ve been trying my best to understand why MEMBERS OF THE HUMAN FAMILY LIVING WITH AND EXPERIENCING DISABILITIES continue to be discriminated against by individuals representing large institutions in Minnesota. Banking, Healthcare, Health Insurance, City of Bloomington, City of Minneapolis, State of MN department of Human Services.
From…
Health care is one area that ADA requirements especially apply to. Here is a link to a pdf file provided by the ADA National Network (https://adata.org) you can download and post. The word "reasonable" covers every type of disability.
NEW PERSPECTIVEJuly 27, 2021 Celebration 31 years of the signing of the ADA
WE ARE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES
We are not “Handicapped”
We are not “Disabled”
We are not “people with Special needs
We are not “crippled up”
We are not “afflicted”
We are not “Crazy”
We respectfully request to STOP BEING HELPED
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN BEING OUR BEST
The division, separation, oppression,…
The creators and signers of the constitution, missed one of the most important/essential pieces of legislation. They decided, what should be an impartial legal process, instead to be a political process. The process of impeachment, is a political process masquerading as a legal process. The second impeachment of Donald Trump was not an action seeking…
The United States of America:
Has finally let its true colors be seen on every Day
Has an Old White Racist, sexist, abusive, irresponsible, lying, narcissist as the President
People with Disabilities Human/Civil Rights are under attack by the President and his minions
The “SUPREME COURT” historically was all White Men operating in their self-interest not Justice
The Republican Party…
Dear little Ms. JOY,
As I write this letter to you today, May 8, 2019, we have not met in person. I have had the pleasure of meeting your Father and Mother. These are two genuine, heart-warming, loving people. More than anything on this earth they Love you unconditionally as our parents do. I know they…
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I’m a person with a disability. I was mainstreamed, in the Public Education System starting in 1962. I remained mainstreamed in the Public Education System until 1981. Mainstreaming as defined during my formal education years: I went to “regular Public Education schools.” There were separate and I’m sure unequal schools for “Crippled Children.”
Mainstreaming was…
I’ve been alive on this earth, occupying this vessel called a human body for sixty-one years and three months. My memory takes me deep into my history. Irrespective of being alive for sixty-one years, my life as a human being has been lived for forty-two years.
If America is the home of the Brave
And the land…
Forgiveness-The intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, let’s go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.
Victim- One, that is acted on, and usually adversely affected by a force or agent.
A person who is tricked or…
Forgive or forgivnessForgive- to stop feeling angry or resentful toward someone for an offense, flaw, or mistake.
Forgiveness- the intentional and voluntary process by which a victim undergoes a change in feelings and attitude regarding an offense, lets go of negative emotions such as vengefulness, with an increased ability to wish the offender well.
If forgiveness is…
Can a Person of Color with a disability[ies] also be a Person of Privilege?
NOT
PRIVILEGE- A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or a group of people
I have not always been a person with a disability. I have been called, referred to, told, classified as, relegated to NON-PERSONHOOD as…
Opinion Response: How committed is new mayor to Minneapolis affordable housing
Kenneth Brown: Past Chair Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission
Minneapolis Advisory Council on Persons with Disabilities; Chair of Access committee 9 years
Allow me as a person with a Disability, A Black man in America, and leader in the communities/cultures in which I survive, live, and thrive be…
AM I FREE
On July 26, 2017 we celebrated the twenty-seventh anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA]. On July 2, 1964 the Civil Rights act was signed into law by president Johnson. I was born July 24, 1957. I culturally identify as a person with a Disability whom happens to be…
