Racism in America (Black wake up call)

Racism in America, does it exist?

Yes of course it does.

But why my black skin?

That is the illusion that the black man in America has. Do some people hate you just because of your skin color? Yes, but these are not your "oppressors", those are usually some hillbillies who think niggers and spics are driving the white race into extinction. Unless you live in the Dixie belt, this is not the black man's main concern?

So why do they hate me?

They don't, they fear you.

Why?

Let me break it down in detail.

Your skin is a symbol. A symbol of someone economically disadvantaged. In other words a poor person.

If you have failed to understand capitalism, here's a crash course. The man with the business is on the top. This is the upper class or the 1%, The people who help him run his business is whom we consider to be the middle class. Now at the bottom we have the labor force, the lower class.

The cause of the African Slave Trade was due to the natives susceptibility to European diseases and thus a lack of labor force. Once the black man was brought over as slaves, the cost effective solution to the problem was found. But when slavery was abolished what were businesses to do.

Segregation

Separate but equal, except you will live only in certain neighborhoods, you will have schools, but just enough for basic education*, you will get paid for your work but not as much, just enough that you will need public assistance to survive. Begin to make more and this assistance will be removed. Leave your assigned area and you will be dealt with.

So what happened after the civil rights act?

Realistically the framework of segregation exists today and is alive and very well. It's no longer exclusive, a black man can live in an affluent neighborhood, but they do not form a majority. Loiter in these "affluent" areas and you will find your encounter with law enforcement. Prepare to answer the question "What are you doing here?"

And the same "black only" neighborhoods still exist today, full of public housing and people barely surviving on minimum wage. Welfare/Food Stamps/Section 8 keeps the black man afraid of making too much, by offering an easier alternative to sustenance and a penalty for self reliance. Housing assistance restricts you to certain areas. You may find now that a few people from other races may have joined you in those areas, on occasion maybe even a white guy or two. but they are exceptions.

Schools may have better infrastructure to maintain the facade of progress, but these teachers are still 1 to 40, 50 students. They are still grossly underpaid and many under-trained. The results are the high dropout rates, and those who do graduate, many of them graduate with just a diploma and off to the workforce. Some do overcome and move on to college but this minority are usually the lucky ones blessed with a sound family structure. Oh yes to add insult to injury, funding is removed from lower performing schools.


Crack and the legal system

The black man can go anywhere in theory and vote. But political power costs money, and those in power (business bought politicians)  are not going to lose their power, nor their laborers (slaves if you haven't figured it out).

People suffering always need an escape, cheap and potent, the birth of crack. Did the powers that be introduce crack to these impoverished neighborhoods. I won't put a stamp on the theory but it's hard to ignore. Which black man in the 60's had enough money to buy cocaine in sufficient amounts and then decide instead of snorting it to experiment with it to see which household chemical he could mix it with and then figure the right ratio of water and cooking time for the rock formation. I find it hard to believe. I reserve my opinion on this one and leave it up to you.

After the economic hurdles mentioned, a neglected ill educated youth, with a struggling mother and missing father finds the available solution. Sell dope to his own. A smoker made a choice, he's going to buy what he wants regardless of who, I might as well make this money, is his reasoning. The catch 22 is the smoker also has kids at home, which brings the problem full circle.

Now add to the above, the biased drug laws severely punishing these low level dealers for minimum amounts, and permanently tarnishing their criminal record practically ensuring he may never find gainful employment or descent housing, now by force having to turn to crime.

After so much years of this cycle, crime and all the violence it brings will remain at an all time high within those economic zones (ghettos, hoods) and now for your answer as to why you are feared.

The media

Please finish this phrase. Police looking for a suspect: young _____ male, mid 20's. This is the media's portrayal of the black man. An impoverished person, in a desperate situation, willing to turn to crime and a violent disposition. Everything about the culture; hairstyles, clothing, tattoos, vehicles, just becomes a defining marker.

In the movies and on TV it's even worse. The criminal is the stereotypical black man, durag, golds, tank top, saggy jeans, pistol in hand.

Unfortunately the nail in the coffin to the black mans portrayal in the media, is the music industry, yes hip hop. The glorification of getting money by any means necessary and the social legitimization of selling drugs. The soundtrack to a life of crime.

(Warning next paragraph is a personal rant)
My opinion on the music industry is I support expression. But to the uneducated, they hear the fiction and don't decipher it from fact. The fact is this, most real drug dealers don't rap. I wish they would though. At least they could explain to these kids that selling drugs in a "trap"is trying to make money from one place permanently paranoid of getting robbed or arrested, no one is rapping about how the shame of selling your friends mother some crack. I don't hear the pain of burying friends you saw the day before. And I don't hear the frustration of years of selling drugs and going to jail and still being poor. I assure you that Freeway Ricky, Nicky Barnes, Frank Lucas or Big Meech would all have my opinion. But they don't rap, and tragedy is not catchy.

This is why the black man is profiled and racism exists. Skin tone is just the feature that profiles the black man as being poor and violent. It's the reason why some cross the street, avoid eye contact, and clutch their purses. But it's not the color of your skin itself so they will hold their heads high and proudly say I am not a racist.

Here's the funny part. I haven't said it's white people profiling the black man. They do, but all the other races do as well including blacks. Yes black people profile against their own kind, just instead of skin tone alone, they profile appearances, transportation, residence and speech. But the black kid in a hoodie after dark still raises all of their alert levels.

So what you're saying is all inner city kids are doomed or have never gone to college if they had a rough life growing up?

Nope not at all, many have succeeded despite their circumstances. Personal responsibility is still a factor no matter what the situation and or disadvantage. But it's a difficult and sometimes unpopular road to take.

So what do we do?

The educated American black man is waiting on a day of black enlightenment when all the members of his race stop their ignorance and collectively realize not only how they are being disadvantaged but the solution.

The black man has the voting power to elect one of their own as a head of state. Historical as it may be is was a race powered vote for many blacks who wanted history to be made. Imagine that same voting power in congressional, state, or local elections. Imagine with well educated voters.

The black man needs to love the black man. It's not racist to help your own if he is at a disadvantage. It's a sad fact that the black man hates his kind more than any other race. This system of inequality has led to the crab in the barrel mentality where the ones who don't have it, hate the ones that do, and the ones that do, out of fear, selfishness, or retribution, refuse to help those that don't.

Ignorance has to be treated like a disease. The lack of historical identity within the black community due to the lack of education has lead to many having to act or speak in a certain way to prove their blackness. Speaking properly and dressing professionally labels a black man an Uncle Tom. Educational success taking second place to athletic successes with the idiotic mindset that sports or music are the only legitimate ways out of their situation is another failure to be corrected. The culture has spawned many ways of self expression but the black man fails to realize that he is already being disadvantaged by his race and that facial tattoos and unkempt appearance in a professional setting will keep him marginalized. Most importantly of all is the lack of sexual education specifically birth control. Teenagers are not ready to be parents.

One of the most important issues to be dealt with is failure to raise the young and the destruction of their innocence. Toddlers twerking is sad not funny, your children knowing the explicit lyrics to hardcore rap artists is sad, not cute. Your children seeing or knowing guys selling drugs or even knowing what drugs are at 5 is horrendous. If your 13 year old is going out dressed like a video vixen you have failed at parenting. The word age appropriate has ceased to have meaning to many. School teachers are not parents they are not meant to raise your kids but to give them knowledge. Values and discipline you get at home. Unfortunately black parents are getting younger and younger. Young grandparents need to realize their mistakes and step in so their grandchildren have a better chance, instead of refusing to grow up. Mothers, the moment you became pregnant, your childhood ended. Personal responsibility has to kick in now for the sake of your kid and the future of the black race. Last but not least keep the kids father in your kids life. He needs to provide for your kid, not for you. Your child is not responsible for your personal issues nor should they be without a parent just because of the dad's situation.

The last but most important issue to fix

Fathers please come home. No job, no money for child support, have 19 other kids. There is no excuse. You may not be a role model but you are someone that child could say loves him. Life screwed you, and you made many bad choices, this is not your child's fault. Teach him your mistakes in the hopes he could stop the cycle. Encourage him and support him. Last but not least MAN UP. Provide. If you're on child support, buy a gift once in a while, if you cant afford it do what you can. Regardless of who you made your child's mom that is your kid. Be there for him.

On an end note, this country may not be set up for the black man and many things may still need improvement. But this is not Jim Crow. The opportunity is there. It's tough but not impossible. To the successes who have made something of themselves, remove that foolish pride that you made it over the rest. That is the plantation mentality. Judging the rest calling them lazy, shiftless and ignorant. Find one of these young lost causes and mentor them. Give them something else to aspire to. Show them that a good education can get you a good car, and a good house. Entrepreneurs hire your own. Inspire others, the black man has tremendous purchasing power, harness it and use it to help level the playing field. Music artists, your people are vulnerable, your words have power, you can spread a message faster than anyone, uplift your people, get politically active.

Or do nothing

Capital Punishment

Should the taking of a life be punished by the taking of another life?

Under these conditions, I think those who fit the following criteria need an express lane.

Criteria:

If beyond a shadow of a doubt*:

you murder groups of innocent people, with premeditated intent*
you as an adult, murder a defenseless innocent minor with intent*
you raped a child under 13*
you committed rape that lead to a murder*

 all defenses of mental incapacity should be thrown out and the convict executed by a firing squad composed of all willing and qualified victims relatives.

Doubt.

Camera footage, multiple ID's, DNA. Saying I was crazy at the time does not excuse murder. There was ill intent. It should not take more than 1 year to decide a persons fate.

Executions.

What is cruel and unusual punishment?

Injections that drown you alive (time consuming, not always effective, moral/ethical issues)
Gas chambers (expensive, hazardous, slow death)
Old sparky

How about something immediate, cheap, non dramatic, and portable

Firing squad. Ready Aim Fire and it's done.

Let's stop wasting money feeding and housing monsters playing the legal system while families are hungry in the street.