{"id":109992,"date":"2022-02-14T13:11:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T19:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109992"},"modified":"2022-02-14T13:12:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T19:12:22","slug":"the-world-through-my-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109992","title":{"rendered":"The World Through My Eyes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109992\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=109992\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-105709 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ty-169x300-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>By Ty Ross<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a woman of color, as a mother of color, I live a different truth. A different reality. One shaped by the world around me. I can\u2019t not be affected by the stories I see of assault, abuse, racism, ugliness and hate. I cannot ignore the mother\u2019s pain of losing her child too soon because I could be that mother at any moment. At any time. I don\u2019t have the luxury of ever letting my guard down. Of going even one day without my insurance, license or registration up to date. I can\u2019t \u2018oh I forgot to go before they were closed, I\u2019ll do it tomorrow, because if I get pulled over tonight\u2026 tomorrow may never come.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t have the benefit of the doubt. I don\u2019t have the benefit to be able to protect myself from non-people of color who choose to bully, harass or frighten me for no other reason needed than the color of my skin, if I fight back. If I stand up for myself, I will be the one going to jail. Or worse. I am supposed to be the \u2018bigger\u2019 person while they unload a slew of bile and hate. Hurl insults and epithets \u2018my way. I teach my children to do the same. Because I would rather them be made to feel less than, by someone less than. Than to have their lives taken from them, and from me. Because they know damn well they aren\u2019t. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Things that you take for granted, I can\u2019t afford to. I no longer drive at night. I drive under the speed limit. What if my daughter and her girlfriend are walking and holding hands? I have to modify my behavior because others are allowed to behave as if the rules, laws and boundaries don\u2019t apply to them. They do, because they can. Because the Rittenhouses and the Longs have shown them they can. Because you have shown them, they can. With your looking the other way, this doesn\u2019t affect me, my kids, my friends, my family, my coins, my life, then I can\u2019t be bothered attitude. Moving through life as if you\u2019re reading a book, but skipping over, ignoring and neglecting to read the parts of it you don\u2019t like or understand so that it doesn\u2019t or because it won\u2019t, affect your point of view or perspective of the story.<\/p>\n<p>Every day I prepare myself, brace myself and ask myself: What am I gonna do or say if\/when my son comes home today with tears in his eyes and tells me someone called him a n*gger? How am I gonna put the pieces of his broken perspective back together? Will he ever be the same? Every day it doesn\u2019t is another day he gets to be a kid and I can hold on to hope just a little bit longer, that he won\u2019t have to bear the burdens that his complexion and his ancestors have inherently passed down to him. Another day he gets to believe the world, this country and the people in it are better than I know it is.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><em><strong>Check out Ty&#8217;s book THE POWER OF PERSPECTIVE. It&#8217;s a collection of affirmations she wrote to get her through a difficult time in her life. Words of wisdom that apply to anyone, and everyone, to get through the hard times. If you\u2019re questioning yourself, and need a reminder that you are in control&#8230; Click <a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/POWER-PERSPECTIVE-Gaining-Clarity-Affirmation-ebook\/dp\/B07JW63Q6X\">HERE<\/a> to order your copy.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ty Ross As a woman of color, as a mother of color, I live a different truth. A different reality. One shaped by the world around me. I can\u2019t not be affected by the stories I see of assault, abuse, racism, ugliness and hate. 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