Uncle John inspired this one. His post drove me to an overly ranty comment, which evolved to a post. And I was due for a post… So thanks, Uncle John! 😉

Here’s where we agree: Absolutes and generalities have no place in defining challenges that drive changes in governance. Also, “cancel culture” and massive-scale social engineering (to include politically-charged public school curricula) are among the most critical, defining challenges of our time in the United States (and if you told me this ten years ago, I’d say you were crazy..) 

We are being manipulated on a grander scale than ever before, and our ability to think critically erodes more with each passing day. Even the mass media handlers are on a learning curve as to how far they can push the envelope. (Black Lives Matter was so exhaustively marketed, its leaders actually had an anti-American messaging crisis as it spurned emotional uprisings across Europe.)

Here’s where we disagree – and where I would say you go so far as to contribute to the detrimental messaging… Racism has been around as long as humans have. Racism, sexism, xenophobia, theophobia and all of the breathtakingly useless human responses to those biases – war, genocide, slavery, abuse, inequality… 

Now I know you know something about world history. Probably more than most US college students today, given our “woke” new curricula. Out of all the track records of all the governments in all of history, where would YOU say the very young United States of America ranks in its bigotry-fueled brutality against any peoples? 

Where do you think most young people would rank it?

Here’s an unpopular (and ergo racist) opinion. Black people in the United States – excuse me, “African Americans” – are being disserved by a country that for years has nurtured, tolerated and even celebrated an urban culture defined by entitlement, arrogance and outright laziness. Hey, you’re going to call me a racist anyway so I’m not concerned with political correctness at this point. Go to downtown Chicago, Los Angeles or Atlanta and have some of those “difficult conversations” with random people in the street. Ask them point blank if they want to get up every day and go to work, and take proper care of their kids. Ask them what they are doing to try and better their own communities and schools. They’ll tell you you’re a racist for even asking.

Some people are too smart to be brainwashed into thinking they have no control over their lives – but most are not, regardless of race. Statistics support this view. So before you dismiss this entire statement as just another implicitly biased person judging others by the “color of their skin” -think about this. Contrary to American belief, this racist hell hole for which we should show no reverence is still the world’s melting pot, with nearly 1M new naturalizations annually. For some reason, people still want to come here, and become citizens. And salute our flag. The majority of those new citizens come from countries and environments far less economically, socially and/or environmentally stable than the US.

The thing they can’t seem to rationalize – the reason these “African Americans”, (whose parents were born here and have never seen Africa), feel the need to hold tight to that family slavery history, wear it like a badge of honor, and clearly distinguish themselves from other non-white people in this country – is that they can’t justify their own failures based solely their lack of “privilege” as children. They simply can’t, their benefactors in DC can’t, and neither can you.

Because Asian Americans come here with no money and have a family of doctoral students within two generations. Hispanic Americans come here with little to no education and have a thriving family business within a generation. This is still VERY MUCH a country of vast opportunity for people from anywhere who are willing to work for it. (At least, until the party of emotional manipulation destroys our government, economy and everything uniquely American about our culture…) There’s no comparison between “African Americans” and people of color from around the globe, many born into worse situations than themselves. I worked once with an African American. Like, an actual African American, no quotes. (i.e., a guy from Africa living and working in America.) He was smart and assertive and hardworking. I don’t think he spent a significant portion of his life lamenting that some people from this side of the world enslaved some people from his side of the world at any point, nor did it cross his mind that he personally deserved to benefit from that. I’ve worked a LOT with Indian Americans, who have lived and worked in both India and America. They are extremely pleased to be living and working in the US, and receiving a paycheck aligned to their standard of living here. They are ecstatic to see their kids excelling in our school systems. Not one asked me how they could get special treatment as a person of color. (Maybe after they’ve been here for a while…)

But “African Americans” have spent their entire lives being told how the world looks down on them, by the very people degrading them. Instead of being encouraged to work hard they are “empowered” to “speak their truths”. Their kids are being told they are Kings and Queens and should refer to themselves as such. Never allow a white person to have a position of authority over you. Never trust a cop. It’s okay to commit crimes when you have no choice, or when you see something you can’t have, or when you feel like it, or when it’s Thursday… I mean, slavery, right? You deserve it.

This is massive psychological abuse and it’s been going on in urban, predominantly Black communities for decades. Yes – schools were integrated just 60-some years ago, but the lessons learned about people’s stations in life from the liberal elites started far earlier than that. This is just a natural transition. First people were told they couldn’t do things because of their skin color, then they were told other people didn’t want them to do things because of their skin color, then they were told they don’t have to do things because of their skin color, and now they are told they should run roughshod over anyone who doesn’t share their skin color.

To a lesser degree, because we’re a larger portion of the population, the same natural progression of victimization to martyrdom has occurred with women. I try to ignore it, because I know what it’s about… But I guess if I wasn’t paying close attention I might get drawn in. (They’re celebrating people like ME! Woot woot.) American Democrats may actually rival the Nazi party at this point in remote psychological conditioning.

The worst character traits of humanity have been cultivated by the original party of slave owners, across generations of their former (African) slaves. (Do you know the historical origin of the word “slave”?)

In some ways that narrative about never having the chance to start fresh in this country is sadly the reason that powerful people have been able to keep this huge segment of the community so debased.

There’s a “difficult conversation” for you…