Posts Tagged ‘humanity’
Meet A Muslim (Video)
March 14, 2017
It’s high time for tolerance folks! Hug someone different than you… today (with permission)! I know I am preaching to the choir, because you are on here. Shout to our visitors, extended fam, because y’all “get” a lot of what’s posted here (and it’s still love when you don’t). And I know you’ll get this… I got a li’l choked up right from the start of this… When the lady said, “I am a human. I am a mom.”
Man. My mom is my HEART! Okay…
Yes, this “Meet A Muslim” is all that you’d expect. You probably know and celebrate some or all this in yourselves and in/with your Muslim friends and associates. But maybe play this within earshot of folks who may not ‘get it’ like you do. This is bound to soften a heart and/or open an eye or three. Great short video!
– @ojones1
Posted in Human Interest, Lifestyle, Relationships, Videos | 
Tags: humanity, Islam, Meet A Muslim, Muslim, We are not them, We are us, We're us | 
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Life Flight: Videographer Using Camera Drone Helps FEMA Save Hurricane Matthew Victim From The Flood (Video)
October 14, 2016
Man, hell yeah! This is what we are supposed to be doing with tech. Helping people, even saving lives. We can be the heroes we have been waiting for. Come to think of it…neither Batman, Superman, nor the X-Men had drone cams back in the day. But now we do.
What’s really ‘super’ though is that @ImSoFIRST (yeah, follow dude NOW) did not have to help. But he did. And what if Craig Williams was one of those grumpy dudes cursing Twiter and social media like demons. No need to even imagine the alternative because his brother Chris is safe!
Watch and be amazed at what we can do for (not to) each other when we try. Start this Fall weekend with warmth in your heart.
– @ojones1
Posted in Cover Story, Human Interest, News, Technology, Television, Videos | Tags: Chris Williams, Craig Williams, Do the Right Thing, doing the right thing, drone, F.E.M.A., Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, FLOOD, FLOODING, good people, HERO, heroism, Hopes Mills, humanity, HURRICANE MATTHEW, Lana, North Carolina, Quavas Hart, Rescue, RESCUERS, Social Media | 1 Comment »
Social Experiment: Jasirah Demonstrates Blind Faith In Humanity (Video)
May 11, 2015
Look at this.
Blindfolded, Jasirah Bin Hitam is an Aboriginal Australian who decided to put her faith in humanity; specifically, the humans from outside her culture who have traditionally be less-than-kind to her kind. Filmed at Cottesloe Beach, Jasirah stood with open arms and offered the ultimate and most basic act of acceptance and universal care for another…a hug.
Even if it’s no big deal to you, think of how big a deal it is in a place where people think it’s a big enough thing to film it. Big enough to reach 200k viral within hours.
“The video is creating important conversation about attitudes toward Aboriginal Australians,†said ICEA [Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness] founder and CEO Lockie Cooke. “It’s so powerful to have created something that has been so popular in our community, which inspires us to continue the work we’ve been doing in the reconciliation space. The way in which the video has been embraced shows that ICEA’s froth is strong and our message, mutual respect for all Australians, is important and relevant to our society.â€
Creating positive shared experiences, building enduring relationships and promoting cultural understanding – that’s ICEA, that’s Jasirah Bin Hitam hugging folks on a beach… and that’s pretty damn cool.
– @ojones1
