Racism in America

Hello America!

O.K., we have already discussed several issues of concern in my viewpoint. Now it's time to get down to a rather sensitive issue that cannot be ignored another day. Why is there still racism in America today?

Let me list a few organizations that come to mind: Miss Black America, The Negro College fund,
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The Congressional Black Caucus, Black History Month, etc.

Can you imagine the outrage in America if any of these, or the many other organizations, contained the word "White" in place of "Black" or "Negro"? They would be called racist, and rightfully so. Where did this double standard come from? How did it become O.K. to have organizations promoting the black race only? Can you say 'white guilt about slavery children'?

I have to tell a short story here about my father during World War II. He was standing in a Navy pay line and when the paymaster called out his Scottish surname, my dad answered "here", and so did the black man standing a few feet away. I think that means that at some time in my family tree, we must have owned slaves. My first ancestor on American soil came from Glasgow, Scotland and was a paymaster for General George Washington. So let's talk about my feelings of guilt about slavery.

Black people were sold by other black people to slave traders who took them all over the world and sold them. They left a world of starvation, disease, and running from very nasty animals. After a few generations, thousands now have multi-million dollar professional sports contracts, many are very successful doctors, lawyers, professors, politicians, and yes, even a President of the United States.

I, myself, have never had a slave. As a matter of fact, I have been a victim of affirmative action and quotas my entire adult life. I watched people get into college and get government and private sector jobs just because of their skin color. So how much guilt do I feel about slavery? Let's put it this way: If you took all of my guilt and put it in my eye, I don't think I would blink.

As I watched Rev. Wright scream in church about the evil white man and evil America, (the church that our current president sat in for 20 years), I began to wonder what Dr. King would have thought. He gave his time, and eventually his life, to try to put an end to this type of racial hatred. Were black churches in America really preaching hatred for white people? As I listen to Maxine Waters, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson rant about the injustice that black people have to endure in America, I have this offer: I'll trade my house and my savings account straight across with any of them.

I would also like to say thanks to people like J.C. Watts, Michael Steele, and Juan Williams. These are great Americans who are trying to put racial hatred behind us and live together in harmony, the dream of Dr. King. Don't give up, guys. You are the hope for our future.

It is time for blacks to stop keeping racism alive in America. It is time for whites to stop feeling guilt about slavery. It's also time to hope that our next black president does not come from Rev. Wright's congregation.

Oh, by the way, tell your kids to pull their pants up and turn off that foul gangster rap. Women do not deserve those lyrics. Come on, man. It's time to be a part of the solution, not the problem.


McWeijun