The worst religious terrorism still haunts America not only through the Ku Klux Klan cross bearers, but in daily rhetoric that fuels violence and wars. What is now being touted is "black on black" crimes. For some reason, white on white is never mentioned, what happens when people are divided into rival colors.
Dear Ones,
This discrepancy reflects an excuse for a newly coin term to put American Africans down. Unfortunately those who express bigotry are not aware of it since their parents are often negative models.
The main problem is in denying people their cultural inherantace by never mentioning Africa. Instead pegging human beings as "blacks" psychologically pushes so-called "whites" to the top of the color-coded hierarchy. Ironically, "white" regarding people does not mean pure as soap. According to lexicons it means "fearful coward."
Also, when I hear the word "blacks" there is often an inflection in the voice that enrages the venum. Those who continue to color profile others have no clue about the bigotry behind the irate emphasis.
Sadly we are products of outdated thinking that continues to hold back justice and equality.
Mame,
founder of ERASE RACE and author of NOSE SMOKING (new title by Troy Diamond–pen name for Helene Smith)
