Under no circumstance am I saying that all Anglo-Americans are racist. I am pointing out a fact regarding a subset of the ruling class within our country. Obama would not have been elected as president were it not for the Anglo-Americans that were Democrats or Independents that voted for him. I doubt it very much if any Republican vo…
Under no circumstance am I saying that all Anglo-Americans are racist. I am pointing out a fact regarding a subset of the ruling class within our country. Obama would not have been elected as president were it not for the Anglo-Americans that were Democrats or Independents that voted for him. I doubt it very much if any Republican voted for him. Regarding President Johnson, I am aware of his history working within the Mexican community as a teacher in Texas. Regarding changing a racist, only God could do that. Racism among those in POWER has a far greater negative impact then racism among those that have little or no power. This country has not been working together since the prior president was in office. I have been following politics since President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) was president. I have not seen our country in such bad condition as I have seen it now. During the Vietnam war our country was divided over the war and there was many protesting in the streets. However, our leaders dealt with each other with respect and projected some semblance of unity. The prior president is in my book, "The Great Divider". Do you think for one minute our country can survive divided? Our enemies outside of our borders LOVE the fact that we are divided. They know world history. They know that all great world powers fail because of internal divisions. I hope that we stop acting like children and start acting like sophisticated adults.
If I recall your post correctly, you discussed Anglo-Americans as a uniform block of racists until you decided to focus on wealthy and powerful Anglo-Americans, letting members of the block off the hook. So you started from the position of labelling Anglo-Americans as racist and then moved to a position where powerful and wealthy Anglo-Americans were racists. The facts are, I believe, more complicated than this: it is surely true that wealthy and powerful Anglo-Americans are sometimes racists, just as working and lower-middle class people are sometimes racists but the reverse is also true. I do believe that many powerful white male supremacists are calling the shots and they (and their lies) do influence less powerful and economically disadvantaged people but they are not the entire picture of wealthy and power people. LIkewise, many poor and lower-class people are easily swayed to racist points-of-view but not all. One could argue, I suppose, that people with solid Christian and Judeo-Christian beliefs denounce racism but even that is not uniformly the case as those supposedly guided by religion may veer towards racism and never consider the contradiction this inherently poses. (One cannot logically espouse treating everyone as your brother/sister and then advocate treating people of a different race/ethnic background/religion) differently. I believe that racism is essentially an enigma and I do not know if we will ever get to the bottom of it and solve the puzzle on the side of what Bernie Sanders termed The Good. However, the enigmatic nature of racism is no reason to give it a pass and not attempt to deal with it for the good of all, that is, in order to ensure a more perfect union. We have to keep striving to communicate and act towards each other with respect and as individuals. We will not succeed completely, I don't believe, but perhaps the effort is what counts. A work in progress, you might say.
Under no circumstance am I saying that all Anglo-Americans are racist. I am pointing out a fact regarding a subset of the ruling class within our country. Obama would not have been elected as president were it not for the Anglo-Americans that were Democrats or Independents that voted for him. I doubt it very much if any Republican voted for him. Regarding President Johnson, I am aware of his history working within the Mexican community as a teacher in Texas. Regarding changing a racist, only God could do that. Racism among those in POWER has a far greater negative impact then racism among those that have little or no power. This country has not been working together since the prior president was in office. I have been following politics since President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Ike) was president. I have not seen our country in such bad condition as I have seen it now. During the Vietnam war our country was divided over the war and there was many protesting in the streets. However, our leaders dealt with each other with respect and projected some semblance of unity. The prior president is in my book, "The Great Divider". Do you think for one minute our country can survive divided? Our enemies outside of our borders LOVE the fact that we are divided. They know world history. They know that all great world powers fail because of internal divisions. I hope that we stop acting like children and start acting like sophisticated adults.
If I recall your post correctly, you discussed Anglo-Americans as a uniform block of racists until you decided to focus on wealthy and powerful Anglo-Americans, letting members of the block off the hook. So you started from the position of labelling Anglo-Americans as racist and then moved to a position where powerful and wealthy Anglo-Americans were racists. The facts are, I believe, more complicated than this: it is surely true that wealthy and powerful Anglo-Americans are sometimes racists, just as working and lower-middle class people are sometimes racists but the reverse is also true. I do believe that many powerful white male supremacists are calling the shots and they (and their lies) do influence less powerful and economically disadvantaged people but they are not the entire picture of wealthy and power people. LIkewise, many poor and lower-class people are easily swayed to racist points-of-view but not all. One could argue, I suppose, that people with solid Christian and Judeo-Christian beliefs denounce racism but even that is not uniformly the case as those supposedly guided by religion may veer towards racism and never consider the contradiction this inherently poses. (One cannot logically espouse treating everyone as your brother/sister and then advocate treating people of a different race/ethnic background/religion) differently. I believe that racism is essentially an enigma and I do not know if we will ever get to the bottom of it and solve the puzzle on the side of what Bernie Sanders termed The Good. However, the enigmatic nature of racism is no reason to give it a pass and not attempt to deal with it for the good of all, that is, in order to ensure a more perfect union. We have to keep striving to communicate and act towards each other with respect and as individuals. We will not succeed completely, I don't believe, but perhaps the effort is what counts. A work in progress, you might say.