I must say, that this week on facebook has been quite an interesting one. I have had some pretty good debates with a few people when it came to race and politics. But now, I'm starting to think that I should have listened to an old friend of mine that once told me...you should never talk about politics, race, or religion because in the end it will get ugly. And boy was she right!
I can say that one of my friends, who is a white woman, was civil enough to express her opinions in a thoughtful, agree -to -disagree manner. She doesn't like Pres. Obama's policies, she's a Republican and she tries not to think about race too much. We went back and forth on a few things, touched on a few racial issues; but in the end we both still had mad respect for one another. After all, we know that coming from two different worlds, we just aren't going to see eye to eye on everything. So be it.
But I have one high school chum whose updates have continued to get more offensive and outrageous as the weeks go by. It started with Politics..she's made it more than clear how she CAN'T STAND our President. And now it's about to end with Race...because she truly crossed the line with me on THIS day on THIS subject. This person had the audacity to say that the American Indian was persecuted way more than Black people ever were!!
I read this, I almost lost my religion. Because at that moment, I knew that I was not dealing with a rational, educated person. It was clear at that very moment that everything that I had said over the weeks about it being more than just Pres. Obama's politics that she didn't like was true. That statement alone confirmed that this girl is racist. Point blank.
After all, anybody that knows the history of America knows that no one...NO ONE...had to endure what my people had to endure.
Not to take away from the Indians. Yes, their land was stolen, disease just about wiped them out and they warred back and forth with the white man for centuries.But as I look around this great state of Oklahoma that I currently live in and see the million dollar casinos and thousands of acres of land along with the Indian hospitals and schools, etc that they were given by the government...I think that they've been compensated. Or should I say that at least the government is trying to atone for it's sins again the Native Americans.
But now let's talk about the history of the Black man and woman in this country, since Miss Molly apparently has never learned or cared to know what my people have gone through. Not only has our native land been stripped away from us, but African Americans' were taken away from their land in chains! We were put on boats, stuffed in holes not even fit for the lowliest animal and transported to a place of hate. A good amount of those black people died on the way to America and were tossed overboard without a care in the world. Our women were raped, producing half breed children that still weren't good enough despite the white blood flowing through their veins, yet the key to helping to divide our race for years to come. And they were all beaten and tortured They were slaves, building this country and up and producing vast fortunes for white peoples who didn't even think that they were human.
Lets fast forward to 20th Century when slavery was supposedly over, yet a black man wasn't even supposed to look a white man in the eye. Where Black people were still being sold in a sense and they were being burned alive and hung JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE BLACK! I had 2 uncles that lost their lives to white men simply because they wouldn't stay in their place. Look at the pics that I posted for you! Read a book! Watch a documentary! And then think about who is really coming across more like Hitler. The same Molly is minimizing slavery, Nazis minimized the Holocaust.
Where does she think the children and grandchildren of these murderers and hatemongers are? The hundreds of thousands of people who are still members of hate groups such as the Klan and the Aryan Nation...where does Molly think these people are? Did they all pack up and leave the country when the President was elected? Or are they showing up at town hall meetings and posting messages all over the web. Are they protesting against the President's policies all while trying not to let their sheets hang? Plotting assassinations and beating Black women at Cracker Barrels in front of their children?
I would have to be a fool not to know that all white people are not racist. After all, Black people only make up 13% of the population. It wasn't us that put this man in the white house. I would have to be a fool not to know that there are some Black people that voted for the president simply because he is Black. After all, we have our racists too. But to deny that race has nothing to do with some of the things going on in the political world right not is ridiculous.
Pres. Jimmie Carter is from the south...he knows the south just like I do. And for him to step and say what he said and then have people STILL try to deny it...I have to shake my head.
After all, it's not like Molly went to a high school where everybody was singing We Are the World and holding hands. We had a Black and White EVERYTHING! Prom Queen, Best Dressed, etc. The Confederate Flag flew all over that city. I was the only Black Majorette for our high school, serving under a captain that couldn't stand me for 2 reasons. I was a better twirler than her. And I was Black!
There were times when she would just say the most racist things...like when she talked about how nasty it was that one of her cousin's girlfriend cheated on him with a black boy. Or when she let the N word slip one day. Or when she had to ask her daddy if I could step foot in their trailer for an extra practice...no offense to me but they were just not raised to associate with Blacks. For a long time after that, I didn't even like to hear a white person say the word Black, because people like her made it sound so dirty.
Where are these people Molly? I want her to answer that question. I want her to tell me in detail how the Indians suffered more than African Americans. I want her to tell me what a Socialist is and then tell me what makes the President one. I want her to tell me what was great about George Bush the Undisputed Worse President in History.
And last but not least, I want her to explain how Black people are throwing out the race card that she is so tired of us throwing out; but I want her to tell me,first, who dealt us that race card to even play.
On this day Molly, you need to back up and prove everything that you were so quick to say. Because if you don't, I will make sure that you are exposed for the parroting, simple minded person that you are coming across as.
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