Racism today, and the double standard between Whites and Blacks. I can only speak from my own experiences on the topic. The vast majority of my friends and family do not dislike Blacks because of the color of their skin; they dislike them because of their actions and attitudes towards whites, and the double standards that are blatantly obvious between the two, and no one wants to address the issue, or are afraid to bring it up.
In my experience it has been at least a decade or more since I have heard anyone that I know call a black man a Nigger. As you can see I am not going to write this as every other White person does today and be politically correct, by saying the N- word. That’s part of the problem also. A word is a words, is a word, it is the context the word is used in that matters. Baxley you are right about Baracks speech on racism it would be a very enlightening dialog if it weren’t swept back under the rug.
As Barack stated when the different races go back too there perspective homes they speak with a different attitude towards one another. And as I stated at the beginning of this blog I can tell you what we talk about. We talk about how Chris rock can call a white person anything he wants to and refer to Blacks as Niggers and he suffers no repercussions, but if Don Imus makes a comment about a nappy headed Ho he gets crucified and looses his job.
A preacher can spew racist remarks, and hatred towards America, and Whites, and we talk about all the good he has done in his community. Nothing is ever mentioned about all that charities, and support Don Imus has given many communities in this country. We talk about what would be said if we tried to start a television station called, White Entertainment television. We talk about what would be said, and how we would be crucified if a white would start the United Caucasian College Fund. We talk about how Al Sharpton, and Jessie Jackson are still part of the problem by still being stuck back in the 60s, instead of dealing with the real issues facing black America today. We talk about why we always have to mention when it is the first time a Black person has accomplished something, (i.e.) the first Black man to go to the Supper Bowl, the first Black Governor of a state.
Blacks call foul because there are many more Blacks in the prison system than Whites. Maybe it’s not racism, maybe it is because many more blacks choose the life of crime by going after the easy money instead of getting their education and making a life for them self other than crime. Maybe they can’t find work because many don’t seem to be able to speak proper English. Maybe it is because many blacks still sit around complaining how Whitey keeps them repressed from having the same opportunities as whites.
It seems that black society still holds resentment and grudges toward white society. Maybe it is because the parents, grandparents and churches still teach their children hate by reminding them how their ancestors were held as slaves by the whites, and all of the cruel treatment they had to suffer, and how they are still repressed by Whites to this day. It has been one hundred and forty years since a Black man has had to suffer from slavery in this country. The civil rights of Blacks were not fully restored until the 1964 civil rights act, that was forty four years ago. It is a good thing to teach history on any subject, but it is wrong to teach hate on something that has happened so long ago.
How can society change by doing so? Maybe one can teach the history of slavery, and how your ancestors suffered form it; but also teach the blessing that you have today. As horrible as of slavery is, and the price your ancestors paid, and suffered from it, If it weren’t for your brothers in Africa capturing you and bringing you too the ports to be loaded on slave ships bound for the four corners of the earth, you would not be living in the greatest country on earth.
Now before anyone goes off, I know that there are white people that still despise Blacks because of the color of there skin. Is it truly the norm for black churches to spew the racist comments and hatred towards white America, as Reverend write has in his church? I hope not, it makes me want to sit in a black church to find out. I know the churches that I have attended welcome Blacks to church as any other person, no matter what race they are. We all have the same opportunities presented to us in this country, it is what we do with them that matters. It is our choice to use them or abuse them.
I am the GhostWriter 