It is baffling to me how prevalent Racism and Stereotyping is still. We like to pretend in this country that we are open and accepting of other races and belief systems, but that’s straight bullshit. Oh wow, we elected a Black president, we have come so far. Bullshit, thousands of people shout “Nigger” every time they see Obama on T.V. Uh oh, I used “the word,” fuckin sue me. Call me a racist or bigot if you want to, but you may want to check with the wide variety of Spicks, Coons, Crackers, Fags, Wops, Micks, Towel Heads, Kikes and Chinks that I call friends. I’ll bet they have a different opinion. Yet, I have never used one of those pathetic words in an attempt to spread hate or hurt someone.
I also have never been the one who says, “We are all equal, regardless of our color on the outside.” I don’t say that because it’s not fucking true! Sure, we are all just humans, but all humans are not equal. To say that we are all created equal, well I think that’s some wishful fucking thinking. If we were all created equal then I should be able to tie Michael Phelps in a swimming race, or paint like Picasso, maybe out shoot Kobe on the court. I could practice golf every damn day and I promise you I would never be equal to Tiger Woods. No, I was born with my own set of unique talents. Just like every other person on this planet. That shows me that the we are not all “created equal” on a physical or mental level. We are either blessed physically or mentally from day one, or we are not. That’s just nature.
Then we get the roll of the dice with nurture. That’s a fun one. The nurture component can screw even the most talented. Or it can be the great success of some serious mental midget’s. Look at Bush; now I don’t care about his politics, even his biggest supporters have to admit that he is one Whisky Sour away from permanent mental retardation. You think that man could have ever been half as successful had he not been born into wealth and power? I guarantee you there is some kid on a dead-end street in East LA or sitting on a stoop in the Bronx right now that has the potential to be a smarter and more influential than any president we have ever had. Chances are that child will be sucked into some false school of thought because of the color of his skin or the economic status of his parents and never have the opportunity to use his talents. I wish I were wrong, and yes, there are the anomalies’, the ones that defy the odds; thank God for them, for without them, we would really be screwed, but the majority will waste away and only become a small piece of their true potential.
What I am trying to say here is that yes, in a perfect society we all should be created equally. My skin color should have nothing to do with they way you judge me. My success or failures in life should have nothing to do with the economic status of my family or the town I grew up in. Guess what though? In this country, it does. It has everything to do with it. It fucking infuriates me too. Yet what is the solution? How can we fix this endless ignorance? I suppose it can start by looking in the mirror at you. If you’re a racist asshole who can’t stand Niggers and Spicks, why don’t you pull your head out of your ass and spend a week getting to know a few. Take a look at the struggles they go through, see the ways they take care of their family’s or treat the people around them. Instead of standing behind your ignorance, try something different for a change. If you are wealthy and privileged, how about you go into some inter city school for a few days, ask the teachers if there are any kids in their classes that show serious intelligence and potential. Mentor that child, get him into a private school and teach him the things you were blessed to receive.
We got to start somewhere. The days of marching for equality are over my friends, we can’t waist another moment holding signs and blocking traffic. Social Media alone has a tremendous influence in this world. Start spreading your own message of love and compassion. Love and compassion should be Viral, not some video of a cat jumping in a bag. No more excuses, you want change, then create your own. It’s possible, not easy, possible.
-AC
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Racism comes from all races. Whites have no monopoly on it. How many black Americans shout racist slurs at the TV whenever a white Republican president speaks?
“To say that we are all created equal, well I think that’s some wishful fucking thinking.”
The phrase “All men are created equal” is of course found in the Declaration of Independence. It does mean and never has meant that all people are literally created equal in talent, intelligence and aptitude. It was declared in response to the monarchical system of Europe, where some men were more equal than others as based on class systems and the king was above everybody else including the law. The phrase, in other words, means that all men are created equal before the law and that the law applies equally to all people including those in the highest echelons of power.
The irony in what you are saying is that, yeah, we do have a black president. But it’s not just his ethnicity or race that is important in reflecting the power and potential that America extends to the average person. He rose from very humble origins to be the most powerful man in the world. That is a product of American opportunity; a level and degree of opportunity found nowhere else in the world. Hence the reason tens of millions of people from all over the world have flooded into America over the last 100 years to an extent unseen in any other country on earth.
Not everybody has it as easy or as hard to become successful, however you wish to define that. No doubt people born into wealth and powerful families have an easier way in life. But that doesn’t equate to those from lesser families having no opportunity to better themselves and improve their lot. Barack Obama proves that.
Those who view themselves as victims and blame racism or the “rich” for their status in life are doing themselves a tremendous disservice. In America, their own mindset will hold them back far more than racism or a lack of funds. As Bob Marley said, “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.” No doubt racism in America exists. But in every country on earth racism or xenophobia exists. In a land, America, where the most successful TV personality is Oprah, where some of the greatest comedians of all time are and were black, like Bill Cosby, where some of the greatest musicians were and are black, and where some of the greatest leaders were and are black, MLK, and where the president is black—with all that as it is, it reflects an American popular culture where racism, though it exists in some quarters, cannot and will not hold a person back from success if success is what they wish to achieve. If a person wants to play the part of victim and blame others then they will go nowhere. If they want to achieve success it’s there waiting for them.
As the cliche, you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink, implies. You can lead an ignorant person to sources of knowledge, but you cannot make them learn. There will always be ignorant people and they will most always have a much harder time in life. And as James Madison once observed, “Knowledge will always govern ignorance.”
Very nice. Thank you. I was hoping if I got a bit feisty and edgy someone would speak up. Thanks for your comment.