In the most elemental sense, you are correct. Free people must never yield to aggression or to the threat of it. But African-Americans as a group are not politically or ethically of a kind with the radical Islamists at whom we are presently at war, and more to the point, the former are our fellow citizens while the latter would deny the unique historical rights of American citizenship to all of us.
I am concerned about the fragmentation of America into conflicting tribes at a time when we ought to be finding common ground on which to build. That many blacks have been mis-educated and misled is a tragedy, but not an unrecoverable one, I hope.
I understand the pride of black folks who have seen elected as President one of their own. That is not something to be taken lightly, no matter how misguided their Champion may be, as I believe he is. If he has also been fundamentally dishonest in characterizing himself as eligible for the Presidency, that would be a tragedy of epic proportions for those who have placed their faith in him, and for that reason, and given our Nation's historical context, I would only suggest we tread lightly and cautiously in pursuit of the truth to which we are all otherwise entitled as a matter of law and right.
“I understand the pride of black folks who have seen elected as President one of their own. That is not something to be taken lightly, no matter how misguided their Champion may be, as I believe he is.”
Oh I know you are so very right. This would be yanking a dream right out from under them and they would NEVER say it was anything other than racism. They would never say anything different.
Sadly though, I don’t see him being President mending any fences in that regard either. I see it emboldening racist thugs, particularly out of Chicago and Wright types of folks.
I find it sad that they were sold an illegal bill of goods. They got ripped off once again.