As me and my two colleagues pulled up to a pharmacy in the area, I noticed a definite hesitation in my two partners in getting out of the car. “Maybe we should just go on to the next stop”, they said as they eyed the peeling paint and the ramshackle porch of this business. Maybe because of my father’s childhood stories of growing up in the Harlem of San Francisco, or my own experiences of growing up in one of the poorer areas of Oklahoma City, I did not think anything about entering this business. In retrospect maybe it was a safety issue and not a racial discomfort that made my colleagues hesitate; I would certainly have to agree with that thought.

I am sure we surprised the slouchy, almost napping staff as we entered this place of business. I would have to say if I walked into my business and saw my staff lounging in the waiting area I would probably be finding a new staff.

As we drive away thru the rest of this area, I can’t help but share my emotions and desires to find a solution to this problem with those in the car with me. I am certain they didn’t want to hear me get on my soap box but I had to get this off my chest.

Looking back at the great Americans in our history, black and white, that gave the ultimate sacrifice to remove the bonds of racial inequality, I am certain they are saddened and possibly maddened to see the current state of some black communities like the one we were currently passing thru. If Martin Luther King, Jr. were here today I would hope he would tell the members of this community that still insist on classifying themselves as victims, that they should wake up, quit lounging on the customers’ sofa, and get to work.

However, the problem goes deeper than just those living within these communities. This culture of victimization has been carefully created over the last several decades by those few in power to help them remain in power. What these communities really need are new leaders that will teach their followers that it is not a badge of honor to say where others before you came from, but rather it should be a badge of honor to say what you have accomplished, what successes you have made.  Of course, this will be difficult because those that control the minds of this victim culture have no desire to lose this following that follows their con job with robotic consistency, and they will do everything possible to keep their culture in the gutter in exchange for their time in power and in the spotlight.

Naturally they will continue to promise that the government will eventually come in and help just as soon as the white supremists get out of the way.  Well, I have news, there are no longer any white supremists; maybe a few black supremists here and there (you know who they are – here is a test: if you take their speech and replace every mention of whites or any other term referring to white Americans either derogatory or otherwise, with black Americans, would you find the speech offensive; if so, you are listening to or reading the words of a black Supremist. I would wager that most of these black Supremists do not believe what they say, but for the most part these are those power hungry culture killers that use this language to convince their followers of their victim status and somehow convince most if not all to stay in those gutters; HELP IS ON ITS WAY), so if you are waiting for the money bags to start falling I certainly wouldn’t hold my breath.

Now, to keep the con game alive and the culture down, these men and women of power will occasionally throw money at something.  The ironic thing is typically this money is grabbed up by enterprising black Americans that don’t necessarily buy into this con but certainly are willing to play the game to build a new park or community center or something.  Those in power’s most powerful weapons, however, are social programs (aka Welfare, or what I would term socialism). And the latest stimulus bill is an excellent example of this (I am not against a stimulus bill; I am just against this stimulus bill). By expanding the welfare state, increasing the illegitimacy rate thru “sex” education (I like to call this government sponsored sex promotion) and other brilliant socialism ploys, those in power will continue to increase their strangle hold on the black culture.

I am certainly not saying that racism does not exist. It certainly does, and I believe always has and always will. But racism never has been nor ever will be a one way street.  Each race would always, if given a choice between a superior or inferior position, choose the superior position for itself (Sorry, Abe, this is a poor paraphrase for what you spoke so eloquently). I don’t think I would even call this racism, but just those in a particular group wanting the best for themselves and others within that group.  Of course, this does not make any sort of racism right, and when it gets in the way of equality it should be stopped in its tracks. What Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted was racial equality, and they can claim success.