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My dad was in the army so I lived most of my childhood in Germany and in different places overseas. For this reason I think that I wasn’t brainwashed with this filth that is taught in so many black churches. I went to one church in Houston one time when I was a kid and I remember this kinda garbage being spewed. All I can say is thank God that I didn’t get draped in this too. I think that since my parents weren’t particularly religous and the fact that I grew up mostly overseas it gives me a totally different view of America as a black man. Basically, I love the country and wouldn’t trade it for anything. And yes while there is a very and I mean very small amount of racism in this country it really isn’t a big deal. My fellow black people make it a big deal because since they were little they were basically taught to hate white people. It’s a fact. Its stupid and illogical for a host of reasons:

1. Fact: At the height of slavery, which was so damn long ago I don’t even know why we still even have to talk about it, only 3 percent of Americans owned slaves. Yep only 3 whole percent. You had to be extremely weathly to own slaves back then.

2. Fact: America wasn’t the only country in the world that had slavery so I don’t understand why my people think we’re so unique when it comes to oppression. I could name 60 countries including AFRICA by the way that had slaves.

3. Fact: America went to war to end slavery. 600,000 lives were lost to end slavery. A president was killed because he wanted to end slavery. His successor was almost impeached. Obviously most Americans knew it was wrong.

I could go on for days about how great this country is and why we as Black people should be damn proud and feel lucky to be here. Sadly I can’t say this outloud around any of my co-workers or friends. I’m sure you can understand why. Hell most of them have been so brainwashed they actually believe that garbage Wright was spilling. They walk around angry and mad at the world because “the man is keepin us down” and all this bull.

My only thing that I would tell other Americans reading this post is to stand up to Blacks and tell them the facts. Don’t let them “guilt” you into feeling sorry for something you personally didn’t do. I mean just from a logic standpoint it’s crazy if think about it but most black people have been conditioned to think this:

“I should be mad at white people because of the slavery which I myself have not experienced and they themselves have not commited.”

Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Just realize it was something that was common place back then and get over it. Slavery was not unique to America or white people.

But I tell you what is unique about America, freedom, capitalism, justice, generousity. The world would be a very cold dark place without America.

Well said!! I wish such insight were far more common but unfortunately it is rare. Slavery was a horrible thing but the US did more to abolish it worldwide than any country except Britain. I would add that as one of tens of millions of Americans whose ancestors only reached this country in the 20th century, I get particularly tired of being told I bear some special responsibility for what no one in my ancestry had anything to do with. My ancestors were all poor struggling fishermen, farmers, and miners in faraway lands (Cape Breton Island in northeastern Canada, Ireland, France) and they never even heard of slavery.

I’d say it’s time for the subject of race to “move on” from the bitter rants and recriminations of Jeremiah Wright and Al Sharpton, et al. No one alive today had anything to do with it.