The recent Obama-inspired Black Lives Matter movement has created a conflict for me. I’m a typical 60 yr old “white” guy who frankly admits a history of bigotry. After making friends with 3 wonderful African-Americans my perspective started to change. After reading and hearing about the role of slave capital formation, The Tuscegee Institute, the buffalo soldiers , the courage of MLK, the healing hands of Dr. Carson, the business brilliance of Herman Caine. as well as the brilliance of Sowell, Walter Williams, and Clarence Thomas, I really began to respect and embrace the contributions of the African-American race to the American experience. But I have to couple this with the overwhelming prison population,the thuggery on and off the court, the nightly shootings in our inner city and the total breakup of over 50% of black families, as well as the violence, hatred, and racism engendered by the BLM movement. What is the truth here? What is going on to make me reexamine my whole view of this culture?
Whatever this country's sins are, they are few and far from the kind of bigotry and hatred elsewhere in the world.
I completely reject the notion that the country needs to be torn down to be rebuilt into a truly 'color-blind' society. This thinking was also encouraged by the Russians as they used it to help destroy the common values that bind us all together and leave us with anarchy.
The American culture fought the Nazi's and kept the west free. Without it, the world is left with tyranny. The truth is that the left is wrong and the founding fathers are correct. We need to push their wrong and destructive ideas away with both hands.
The welfare state largely created all of these ills. The only answer is to vote for smaller government and become an advocate of school vouchers. Welfare and big government make all people worse.