Civil Rights Act - Prediction: "Un-friending"
OK, I may lose friends for this, but I find it very interesting that (from what I see on the TV) it is a majority of aging white males... Saying OUT LOUD (concerning racism) "Things are different now..."
First... What the fuck does that even mean?
Second (I MEAN SERIOUSLY) how the fuck would they even know?
I am a 43 year old white male... as open-minded and non-predigest a person as I'd like to think that I am...
Never... Had a job interview "while being black." However, I am certain it would change the experience.
And it is because of that... I understand, and have compassion for it.
I am grateful that my view of race was formed by my mom. She was not a civil rights activist, nor was she a bigot. Just a young wife & mom of two, adopted, baby boys, living in Middle Village, Queens.
My mom's folks were Italian and French, so she was a little women (all 5 feet of her) and more of a darker italian complexion. I point that out because my brother and I were a pair of little toe-heads, and that helped shape my world view concerning race.
You see one day my mom was out side of the grocery store with us, and the proverbial "sweet old lady" busybody type came up and began to comment and complement the children.
The thing I am sure no adopted parent ever likes to hear...
Or any derivative of that question... concerned or insulting alike.
My mom, thinking quickly said of "Of course they are." And with out missing a beat, she singled out a black man just across the street, and adding "And look kids! HERE COMES DADDY!!!" motioning at the anonymous black man.
My brother and I had know idea what was going on. I guess we just though dad was just behind the large black man. It didn't matter, the little stunt had its desired effect...
According to my mom, the look of shock and horror on this old crown's face was (in the parlance of our time)...Priceless.
And that is just simple, normal, everyday, prejudice.
I say all that to say... My views on race and civil rights, come from my mom. So fuck you if you have a problem with them. Unfriend me or unfollow me, I have no issues there. Because if your not bothered by the roll back of the Civil Rights act today... As so much a political prank... Its clear you take your civil liberties for granted.
Fact: Less than 150 years ago... In this great Nation... White people.. owned black people... As a matter of practice.
White people (like myself) don't like talking about that. They want progress to make all that go away. I wonder why that is? Most likely because its a hard thing to justify and explain away.
Ask the germans on that one. The major difference being (of course) that after their war, Germany publicly repented and still takes a zero tolerance stance on Nazism and its symbols. They see it as a shameful part of their past.
And in the U.S. the C.F.S. is viewed as "heritage, not hate."
Yup... Don't like to talk about it... Its all very icky.
Yes... The enslavement of one race by another... Icky.
Here is just and observation...
The "good old boy" network is alive and well down South. Anyone who tell's you differently, hasn't lived there long.
Jeeezzee! I lived in a state where they purposely rebranded MLK day as "Lee-Jackson Day." The idea was (I guess) to make it "fair" so angry, old, white, racists had a reason to stay home and complain, while they celebrate two treasons losers, who were fighting for the cause... Of... the Freedom to keep owning people.
And Lee-Jackson Day is still a thing!!! In the age of the internet.. And some people still look at you crazy when you point out all the racist overtones associated with the "Holiday."
Hey man! Its like the confederate flag man! "Heritage, not Hate."
What can you say to promoting ignorance as a value? I love that because the irony is (of course) the rebel flag is a heritage OF hate.
Fact: The only "States Right" the C.S. was fighting for that the right to own black people. its the only thing they altered in their constitution, and no amount of guilty, white, racist, spin can change that.
And really, lets face it... The fact that anyone tries to justify that the Civil War was fought over "States Rights" and not "enslavement" means we still have not gotten over our racial issues as a country, were still only in denial.
It is total denial to believe that racism is a thing of the past, and that is why what happened today was a moral shame. And yet... Not a lot of outrage.
Wait! I think I can put it in terms the angry white (closet) racists can understand...
It like they built that super-de-dooper wall, down in mexico. With all the lasers, and stealth drones, and booby traps. And it works great! All "the Mexicans" are kept out. The numbers of illegal immigrants go down to record lows.
And then the supreme court said. Congratulations, it's working so well, it solving the issue, and thats why... You have to tear it down... It's unconstitutional. Well... OK... You don't have to tear it down, you can leave it there, but you have to just leave it completely unmanned until you (Congress) can all agree on a BETTER solution than the one already worked.
Hope that puts things in perspective.
It is very simple. This has to do with the right to vote, and who can fuck with it. Be like my mom... Make a fucking stand!
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