Replies

“It’s a constant practice — we have 400 years of racial injustice to unlearn.”

There are numerous pieces of this process and most of them are misunderstood or misused. I don’t, personally, feel people are mistreated just because of their skin color. I feel there are a couple of reasons for mistreatment....fear, perception, and pandering are a few.

In this country, as the only real Americans are the Indian tribes, everyone has been lead to believe that one race has been determined to be the “one in power.” And the loss of equality is nothing more than race related. This is B.S.

We are a melting pot, not a simmer. In this country our racial ingredients are different not based upon race, but upon provided theology. White people are evil, black people run in gangs and kill each other, yellow people are sneaky and will cheat you, and the Indians are put upon. Sound familiar? You see it on TV “news” every night or read it in newspapers across the country. Is it true? Only as far as it can be used.

One of the magic words is the term “diversity.” I say magic because it has two opposite definitions. One is that it is a celebration of lifestyle. The other is that it is a recognition of differences that are exploited. And that’s where the problem started more than a century ago, expected behavior that has turned into fear rather than celebration.

Maybe it’s time to just enforce the laws. Laws don’t give any race an advantage. If they do, then we are straying from the real law of the land, the Constitution. So maybe we need to stop two things: One, trying to be different, which promotes fear, and two, recognizing the fear but provocating it or allowing it to be provocated. We don’t need the pot to be stirred, just served. Don’t be outrageous, and don’t promote it. People will accept that much easier than being threatened and forced to accept it. That’s history, not this created goading.

rwood