Sunday, July 10, 2016
My Response to Race and Guns in Light of the Recent Attack In Dallas
"Rev. Francys Johnson, Georgia NAACP president addressed a cheering crowd:
“The logical conclusion of racism is genocide.”
Johnson said some “smooth talking politicians” who want votes are urging calm. “This is no time to be calm. You would be a fool to be calm if you are under genocide,” he said. “Racism is not a black problem, it’s a white problem.”"
I'm sorry, the logical conclusion of racism is genocide? Conclusion meaning the end and genocide meaning the killing off of a race of people. Hmm, so the logical end of racism is the death of all blacks? Is that what he's saying, that blacks will continue to suffer racism until the white people kill them all? I am sorry to say there is nothing logical about that.
And I cannot fathom why he'd think black people are under genocide. He took a possible injustice and contorted it so that his agenda was magnified by the use of inciting words to rally masses of hate and bigotry. My question is, what does he hope to be the end result? No more whites? Who is under threat from who?
No one should be under threat from another. And I really don't know why some black people think all whites are out to get them. For every job a white man has, there's a black man doing the same job. There are MANY black police officers, FYI!
And, why is it that only black people getting shot by police officers is the only news of police shooting deaths we hear of?
Check out this article from the Washington Times:
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/21/police-kill-more-whites-than-blacks-but-minority-d/
There are many other articles and news sources relating the same. If you're interested, search for yourself.
Continuing on with the show, the news lady asks Rev Jesse Jackson if he thought Obama wasted an (8year) opportunity to help further racial conciliation. Jackson's reply was one of defense stating that Obama met with great rejection when Obama attempted to meet with those in the Boston incident. Allow me to say that during times of crisis is no time to seize such an opportunity. (Frankly, the president shouldn't be involved directly, shouldn't be reaching out to anyone at that moment, as he should be allowing the local law enforcement to do their job. His remarks trying to corral the situation, from a distance, in an effort to help settle the situation enough that law enforcement could get a handle on things, really could've been done better - without reciting his thoughts on the cause - because that just adds fuel to the fire. Remember, there is a time for everything. That time should've been reserved for 'let the law do their job and when it's calm we will delve deep into what has happened and find justice and solutions.') Throughout his terms of presidency he had plenty of opportunity to do other things, in times of peace, to point out the good in many black communities and to point out communities and events where blacks and whites are working cohesively, for whatever reason: improving neighborhood safety, cleaning up poorer neighborhoods, mixed races of people helping one another - there's a plethora of good-hearted gestures that have been posted on Facebook, for example, that he could've had staff investigate, allowing him the opportunity to meet with the people on both sides of the good will and broadcast the helpful side of people to the world. But no. All we ever see is him speaking in terms of what happened, and his own conclusion which almost always seems to be that all these bad things happen because of guns. Granted - it isn't his job to be a mediator, because his job is first and foremost to protect this country and its people. But, then again, it seems our battles within this country among its own people is a threat to this country as a whole. So, it seems his job over the past 8 years might've been introduced to a 'new' or new 'type' of threat that he and his administration failed to recognize in a timely manner, and certainly failed to intercept, contain, and mend. So, yes, he wasted 8 years of service in which he really could've been a great role model for people of all skin colors to come together and do good things together. Americans need to hear, over and over again, all the good things going on in our country. That needs to be the focus of speeches that don't address intercontinental goings on. Hear the good, believe the good, be the good. We need a glass-half-full president - even when the tides are low. (Look at Scott walker's Facebook page. He's very good at pointing out the good things in and around Wisconsin. He also appears at the end of Discover Wisconsin and it's stuff like that, that all people in this whole country need to see and hear.) Point out the positives and focus less on the bad things. It really isn't much different than advice given to parents to encourage their children.
Jesse Jackson had gone on to give statistics related to the unemployment of black people as part of his defensive answer in his response that Obama was left unable to do more in terms of racial conciliation. Now, take into account the total percentage of black people and the total percentage of white people - do what ever math puts these percentages equal and then calculate the difference in unemployment (and I believe he was staring the statistics for just the Chicago area). I would be willing to bet, those numbers would actually be pretty darn close. I don't for a moment believe businesses are refusing to hire people because of their skin color. But we can certainly find the statistics that say opposite. (I hate statistics. They're supposed to be reliable, but I think they can be construed many different ways, and certainly, they can be designed to affirm ones hypothesis.)
Again, as the show continued, Jesse Jackson pointed a finger toward gun control. Let me speak my thoughts here....the constitution and constitutional rights aside, IF -IF- guns could be taken from those who have them illegally, then I'd consent to super-strict gun laws, meaning only law enforcement should have, carry and use guns. Right now, there are too many out there, that you, nor I, nor the government know of, in order for officials to go in and strip all people who illegally own guns, of their stash of weapons. So, with that being said, I am all for arming as many individuals - legally - so that those who own weapons illegally - might have second thoughts about using their illegally obtained weapons against anyone for any reason knowing that they may become the victim themselves. Let me ask, for what reasons do people attempt to have and own weapons without doing so legally? These are the kind of people who don't think twice about hurting others and generally plan to do something bad with their illegally obtained weapon. At any rate, I further believe in open carry. What's the point in concealed carry??? I'd rather know who else was toting a weapon. BUT, I must point out that it is my opinion that anyone who carries MUST know how to shoot and MUST have at least a 95% accuracy and that there MUST be rules stating no one is allowed to shoot at anyone or anything greater than ('X' amount) of feet away. I know that currently, you don't have to be a good shot to carry concealed. I'll admit, that scares me. But I have a gun and intend to carry it someday. But by my own standards, it won't be until I'm satisfied I'm a good shot!
The rest of the show went into politics and the current candidates. That's a blog post for another time. So, I'd like to further my opinion on the issue of race before being done with this rant.
It is my opinion that race needs to be obliterated as a 'landmark' for describing someone. A friend posted that the next time she's asked her race on an application she's going to draw a box and write beside it 'human.' I have long thought that!
Employers do not need to know your race. They may, however, need to know if you're American or not. The race question should be obliterated from any and all forms. Why is it asked? So others, usually potential employers, can make judgements, that's why. If you want to know a persons character, meet wth them.
So I say take your pick. Create your own box and write in either 'human' or 'American.' We are ALL a part of the human race.
