The widespread loss of moral clarity in the wake of rioting following the death of George Floyd is truly frightening, especially from those who really should know better.
Many people still want to compare the situation the black community have today with the slavery of the past.
To liken the situation of black people today with that which existed under slavery can only be explained by willful blindness or sheer ignorance.
Most people know, under slavery black people were afforded few rights and their every “transgression” – even the most minute one – was, as a rule, severely punished.
Fast forward to today and we see African American youths – alongside with youths of other races – who are making off with handfuls of products from the shops and boutiques they’ve just plundered. We can be sure that the vast majority of them will never be punished for their acts of pilfering and destruction.
And lest we forget. It was less than four years ago that America had a black man as its president. Under slavery, a black person was not even allowed to share the same premises with white people. In 2008, on the other hand, the American people sent a black man to reside in the White House — TWICE.
He we have Black Governors, Senators,Congressmen, Mayors, etc today.
Does this look to you like the actions of a populace that still harbors a slavery mindset?
And how do you explain the many black people who have achieved great success – both in terms of general admiration and earnings – in America in recent decades. The names are too many to list, so we just mention a few here to remind ourselves: Michael Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jackson, Tiger Woods, Prince, Whitney Huston, etc.
The tremendous success of these black Americans would not have been possible without the love and adulation of countless whites who enthusiastically spent billions of dollars for the privilege of enjoying the skill and genius of these black individuals either through purchasing the content they produced, watching them perform or buying the products they endorsed.
To honor the looting, rioting, arson with the name of “protests” is a moral travesty. Contrary to what many commentators and observers claim, those carrying out this senseless violence have nothing to do with the tradition of civil disobedience that has been used in the past to advance the cause of civil rights. The perpetrators of these acts are nothing more than lawbreakers who need to be stopped and penalized for their deeds.
Sadly, the decades of civil rights demagoguery have eviscerated the moral resolve of many of our leaders to the point that they are afraid to take appropriate action even as these delinquents are destroying the very fabric of our civil society.
Well said.