Views…Present and past

"Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied." Proverbs 27:20

I cannot believe what I've witnessed this morning reading these posts in the rant and rave section of craigslist. It's so unimaginable that there exist such ignorance and hatred in the hearts and minds of so many people. Let me say how remorseful I am as an American of color that slavery happened in this country. I'm remorseful that slavery is a stain on American history one that cannot be erased. I'm remorseful that thousands upon thousands African men, women and children, were tortured, debased, murdered and made to feel less than human merely for profit! It's amazing what people will do in the name of greed and sloth. It's so unfortunate that today in the present that same feeling of unworthiness and sub humanness still resides in the hearts of many Black Americans. Why is that? Oddly could it be that just a mere fifty years ago Black Americans weren't even good enough to use the same restrooms as White Americans? We Blacks were a subclass. Do you really think that you can do that kind of damage to an entire culture and everything was just going to be normal afterwards? Really? Let's consider that even after segregation ended the hatred felt for Blacks didn't go away, it just became more silent, more covert and it still remains that way today. Because you see the reality of it all is, all those who speak out negatively against any minority and who hold negative biases more than likely had parents who felt/thought the same way and passed it down from generation to generation. It's plausible to think that the same has happened to Blacks within our own culture. If I'd listened to my grandmother I would be another worthless black male with nothing to show. I read a lot this morning, people angry at Black History month, pissed off at Obama, etc etc. Why? Do you know how it feels when you speak to a white person and they can trace their ancestors all the way back to the 17^th century and beyond and I barely beyond the 1800s. So why be angry about a culture that is trying to hold on to what little history we know and want to celebrate? Twenty-eight days to recall and celebrate the accomplishments of a few Black Americans in history to try and uplift and encourage yourselves. Wow that's something to be angry about. I am going to assume that most would not agree with my next statement but I really don't care. It's amazing to me how many people sit around and complain about the way things are and never lift a finger or raise their voice in a POSITIVE way to encourage or pursue change. But you can recite verbatim, statics about how many blacks go to jail, rape, kill, steal, and so forth how the "Nigger president is going to run the rest of the country into the shitter". So you gave blacks so much, a mule and 40 acres, voting rights, the right to share your spaces equally, and you even gave one "mulatto" the White House. While silently and openly you still say we are worthless. So that's my observation, that's the America that I live in. Like it or don't.