I mark the OJ trial as the exact moment racial healing stopped in America
Yeah, when the verdict was announced and blacks were dancing in the streets, something snapped in me. I haven’t felt bad about “racism” since that day.
The OJ trial made it clear that there were two Americas.
That was the moment that I realized that I was looking at the world a great deal differently than many blacks look at it.
I have always felt that any deficiencies in my life were of my own making, or to a lesser extent, the neglect of my parents. Society never wronged me, as far as I could see. I was in charge of my own success or failure.
After the verdict, and the cheering behind it in spite of overwhelming physical evidence that O.J. was guilty, I saw that there were people who viewed society as an evil force, and that OJ's acquittal was a sort of make-up for that.
Racism exists, and it is sinister, but I doubt it is nearly as strong a force as some believe. There are a great many people out there who benefit from the cries of racism, rather than from racism itself. That's where the real evil lies. The racists are irrelevant.
Started with Rodney King.
Totally agree.