On Racism
First and foremost, racism is completely ignorant and unnecessary. There is no reason to ever hate anyone because of their outer appearance, and there are not, nor will there ever be, exceptions to this rule. Racism is not only found among Whites, it is found in Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and every other race on the planet. The best way to defeat this racism is not through more racism, nor violence, but non-violence alone can combat this evil enemy.
Black nationalists have taken it upon themselves to fight back against racism with violence towards the “White Man,” which is extremely counter-productive and, essentially, makes them racists themselves. This helps nothing and only makes the group they are combating more racist, more violent, and more hateful. There is nothing helpful in this method, but everything hurtful.
One of the main issues people need to get past in order to destroy racism is the fact that what happened in the past is history and we needn’t dwell on it. In contrast we need to move forward. The key word here is “forgive.” I am a white man, but I have never enslaved anyone, never whipped anyone, never denied anyone anything based on race; yet some men hate me as if I have done all of these things, only because of the color of my skin.
Also, programs intended to advance the members of any race, such as Affirmative Action, only widen the social gap between races. The complete and immediate destruction of all similar programs would be an excellent step in the obliteration of racism. Everyone, even the people who “benefit” from these programs would benefit more from their collapse.
So far most of these arguments have been geared towards the world’s minorities, however, Whites are the biggest perpetrators of this issue. I have no desire to support this argument by facts of the past because the people involved in racism at that time are not the same people involved in the present and future struggles. My main argument on this issue rather is the white men and women I meet and talk to everyday, especially in the south of the United States where so many are racist. Much of their reasoning is completely ignorant and inherited from relatives. If a man is racist there is a great chance he will raise his children as racists, and there is a good chance his children will not give up these ideas when they become of an age when it is reasonable to think for one’s self.
Many of the Whites’ arguments are based on the percentage of other races in jail, crime rate, language (including accents and slang), among other things. These are not only irrelevant, but ignorant, and do not matter because, no matter what, all men are different. These percentages have everything to do with income, location, etc., and nothing to do with skin color.
So, please, next time you have something negative to say or do against a member of another race, please think it through and either keep it to your self or disband it from your mind. As a matter of fact, do everything in your power to keep any of these thoughts from ever entering your mind, and you will be a better person for it. Be the change you want to see in the world.