Trump is stupid. Also, Trump is a LIAR. Are you ready for some TRUTH? I think you are. (I hope you are.)
Let me start out by stating: I am white. At least, I am a caucasian who is commonly referred to as being white. I did not CHOOSE to be white. It’s just who I am, because my parents were who they were, and they were white too. (The point is, like any BLACK, RED, BROWN or YELLOW person on this planet, I did not have any CHOICE about the color of my skin. It’s just the way I was born.)
I have already APOLOGIZED for being WHITE, and MALE, and HETERO, but that’s not enough for some people.
So, here I go again:
I personally believe BLACK LIVES MATTER! Because, if black lives don’t matter, then NONE of our lives matter.
However, I do NOT believe there is any such thing as “White Privilege”. I acknowledge the fact that in this country there is, and probably has almost always been “white preference”, but that is NOT the same as “privilege”. I have not received any “privilege” just because I am white. I may have received preferential treatment, but not “privilege”.
I’ll give you an example: When the 2008 Great Recession happened my 403b (which is just like a 401k only for non-profit companies) was gutted just like everyone else’s. I was not given any “privilege”, just because I was white then too. White people ripped me off, just like they ripped off almost everyone else of every other color. They took money out of my 403b account (my retirement) and put it in their Cayman Island’s bank accounts. Then they were bailed out with my Tax Dollars (and yours too) and the guys who ripped us off had a big ol’ party, because they got away with it.
Be that as it may, I do believe there is such a thing as “Rich Privilege”. For example: You can see it in The White House right now. That bastard Trump was born into wealth, “privileged” by wealth, and got his current position because of his wealth. THAT is “RICH PRIVILEGE” and it does exist.
All that is so I can explain the following FACTS as we know them. The United States of America is made up of a lot of different kinds of people. They fall into the following main categories (for some):
- Hispanic and Latino (of any race): 15.3%
- Non-Hispanic White: 63.4%
- Black or African-American: 13.4%
- Others (all inclusive): 6.9%
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- TOTAL U.S. Population 100%
This is the OFFICIAL BREAKDOWN of Ethnicities (skin colors) based on the last reliable U.S. Census. (The Census of 2020 is not available yet, and will be dubious because of Trump’s manipulation and interference.)
The point is, Blacks or African-Americans ONLY constitute 13.4% of the entire U.S. population. That’s a little over 1.3 in Ten Americans being Black. Yet, they have been given FAR MORE IMPORTANCE in American Politics than they deserve.
There are far more than 13.4% of the noticeable network and cable jobs on television held by Black people. Some people seem to think there MUST be a Black Woman selected by Joe Biden as his Vice Presidential Running Mate. Whereas, Donald Trump apparently believes all NON-WHITE people should be kicked out of the country, and no more non-white people should be allowed in, so that America can be WHITE AGAIN!
MAGA really means ‘Make America WHITE Again’. It should be MAWA, but that wouldn’t look as good on a red baseball hat.
THE FACT IS: America has NEVER EVER been an ALL WHITE NATION! Never.
Before the White Man came to this continent, it was owned and run by the Native American indigenous people, or the RED people.
And, THE FACT IS: White America did NOT import the first Black/African-American Slaves in 1619.
To say they did is simply a baldfaced LIE. (It’s racist too.) In reality Pirates stole Black/African slaves from ships originally bound for Mexico. Those Pirates then sailed their ship to Virginia to sell the slaves they stole (in order to get money). That may have happened in 1619, but NOT because of white Americans! In fact, there were no ‘official’ Americans on this continent in 1619 anyway. Americans did not become Americans until at least 1776.
THE FACT IS: America was NOT the first or only country in the world to have Black/African Slaves.
Slavery had been going on, including African slavery, for thousands of years in other parts of the world long before it was ever introduced to America.
THE FACT IS: White Americans were NOT primarily responsible for capturing and enslaving Black Africans anyway.
Most Black African Slaves where captured in Africa by other Black Africans and sold into slavery to white slave-ship captains. MOST Black African Slaves were SOLD INTO SLAVERY by other BLACK AFRICANS over a period of hundreds, if not thousands of years.
THE FACT IS: America ABOLISHED SLAVERY by fighting and winning a bloody CIVIL WAR.
THE FACT IS: President Abraham Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation FREEING ALL SOUTHERN Black/African SLAVES on January 1, 1863, two years before the end of The American Civil War.
THE FACT IS: Most of the people KILLED in The American Civil War, the overwhelming vast majority, were WHITE PEOPLE and not black people.
The FACT IS: Despite what Southerners and others may claim, The American Civil War was fought to preserve the Union by ENDING SLAVERY in America!
THE FACT IS: Abraham Lincoln was a WHITE MAN, who was killed by another white man because the second white man was pissed-off that Lincoln FREED THE SLAVES.
Those are some of THE FACTS, which make me say there should be NO FINANCIAL REPARATIONS to any Black or African-American in the USA today. None! Why not? Read my reasons at the link below, or just re-read the stuff above that preceded this.
Also, I honestly believe that ‘The 1619 Project’ published in The New York Times is simply a bunch of Racist Bullshit. (I wrote a lot about that too, which you can read at the links below.)
‘The 1619 Project’ is BULLSHIT!
THE FACTS about today’s protests and The 1619 Project.
Let’s TRY to be HONEST, shall we?
At least one Black Guy agrees with me, sort of. Read his reasoning at the link below.
Sure, black people can be racist, too – CNNwww.cnn.com › 2019/09/22 › kendi-book-anti-racist-blake
The fact is, the Black African-Americans in the media and in American Politics today are being given FAR MORE CREDIT and prominence than they deserve, based on their percent of the overall population and even their history in the U.S..
Hispanic/Latinos make up a greater number of people in the overall U.S. Population, and thus should have a slightly greater presence in American Politics than do the Black/African-Americas. However, sadly, they do not.
THE FACT IS: Americans should NOT EVER call themselves Black, White, Hispanic, Latino or anything except Americans. We are all AMERICANS and that’s all we should ever call ourselves and eachother! We, in spite of the color of our skin and the ancestry of our forbears, are all AMERICANS! We should act like and be AMERICANS! Not White-Americans, or Black-Americans, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, Latino-Americans or even Euro-Americans.
THE FACT IS: The ONLY AMERICANS who should really BITCH about any of the rest of us are the RED AMERICANS, who are the indigenous peoples of this land. They really are not even the ‘INDIANS’ that some White Italian sailing for the Spanish, whose name was Christopher Columbus, mistook them for. (And maybe the Hawaiian Islanders can legitimately bitch a little too.)
FACT: The country known as The United States of America was founded in RACISM!
The RED AMERICANS have a real GRIPE! (And so might the original Hawaiians.) But, no one else has a right to bitch about it. We are all LUCKY to be here. ALL OF US!
Now, if you read any of my other writings on this subject then you’ll understand where I’m coming from. You may not agree with me, but at least you’ll know that I am ANTI-RACIST. That includes the fact that I don’t like colored racists anymore than white racists. Plus, I really HATE that asshole RACIST who is currently in our WHITE HOUSE. We have got to come together people, all of us, All Americans, and we need to get rid of that racist asshole.
We need to start acting like Americans, and knock off all this racist and reverse-racist bullshit.
Black Lives Do Matter! Why? Because Americans matter. Let’s start acting like Americans and get rid of commie-lovers like Trump. Okay?
WATER 