Conversation on Race : America should be ashamed of herself!

Will America, the most powerful nation on earth, ever get it right when comes to humanity and race relations in our own homeland? The words of my white colleague voice resonates loudly in my ears when it comes to race in this country: “I am ashamed to be White!”

Conversations on Race

She voiced this to me after America witnessed the beating of Rodney King’s video that shocked the world in 1991.

The police officers looked like savages violating the civil rights of Rodney King with no remorse at all. It was the sign of the times.  Because while the police were doing their thing, you had racism raking havoc in the work place both governmental and in private industry.

It has been over 23 years since she made that statement and 23 years of recurrence of hell for the people of color in this country.

My response to my co-worker was to look her in the eyes and asked her; did you do the beating? And she replied no; then I said to her don’t she ever be of ashamed of who you are. It was the bad police officers who did the beaten not you I said.

It made her feel at ease but she was highly upset that people who shared her same skin color could be so hateful and mean. She did not want to be looked at as a racist but just a young Greek American trying to make it in this world.

Conversation on Police

People of color couldn’t trust the authority because of the bad people posing as cops.

It was a scary feeling not knowing if the cop were real or not.. People attitudes became undignified and aggressive on the job and in the public sector.

Even the racism in schools across the land had increased. The Bushes did nothing to stop the influx of racism that was being demonstrated on and off the job and in our society. Tense racial cases only have intensified because the justice system can’t see past racial lines when deciding a case in this country. Even though we as a people put trust in the system because we believe that we are Americans and that justice will work. Are we being naive?

So why does everything have to be about race in this country? Why is it double standards when it comes to whites and non whites?  One thing for sure the question comes will “America ever get it right when it comes to race relations”?

Look at the signs of the time. Look how America has many outside countries hating on them. Then you have people wanting to join fascist groups and all kinds of wild terrorism groups because they have been beat down so much by the ill racist system in our society. This in itself after years of harassment can make any violated young man or woman to dislike the greatest country in the world. Is this one of the reasons why the you see young people joining militant groups?

Were they constantly harassed and stopped by the police on a daily who decided to choose to go that route? Who knows but I know there’s a pattern that shows that many good people have been victimized in some form or fashion.

So will America get it right?, I believe the good people outweigh the bad. I believe the country has seen enough.  What about you?

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