By Kevin McCullough
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Despite all of the genuine hopes, by millions of people,
of every tribe and tongue from every corner of this planet, an excruciatingly
sad reality is being made perfectly clear.
The issue of race--and more specifically America's brand
of racism--will never be defeated.
As the father of a multi-racial family, this reality
strikes at the disappointment my soul feels about many things in our nation
today, but none more personal.
Some who see the headline to this piece will immediately
assume I've taken a position in this fight. Because I merely observe what is
evident, and state my observation publicly. Some whites will believe I am
attacking them. Many African-Americans will believe I am championing their
grievances. The truth is neither, the truth is both, and the truth will never
be admitted.
For it is impossible to cure a societal sickness, when
parties don't wish for it to be cured!
And while there are some pockets where racial bias
presents itself in the white to black reality of our culture, the overwhelming
abusers of race, the manipulators of skin color, and the purveyors of hate
based on ignorance and ill will--are actually those who claim they are fighting
against it.
The case of Travon Martin's death is the complete
evidence of that last assertion.
No where, was there an ounce of evidence that the man who
shot Travon followed him, reported him, or defended himself against him--even
for his very life--based on the color of Travon's skin. Yet "civil rights
'leaders'"--who in reality have more moral authority being a clown in a
local circus than thoughtful and genuine purveyors of racial
understanding--manipulated every element of fact in the case to convince the
sleeping media--who refused to do their homework--that the man who shot Travon
was racially motivated, racially biased, and hateful of races different than
his.
None of which was proven in the elongated case, coverage
during, or clownery following the conclusion.
Simply put, the Sharpton, Jackson, Holder, and Obama
rhetoric--though stating it was dressed in compromise--actually was intended to
incite further anger, resentment, and furtherance of the untruths told for months
in the case.
So if the "civil rights 'leadership'" is
throwing gas on the heated embers, how else will those--who choose not to
investigate facts for themselves but accept these voices wholesale--react?
The accumulation of power in the minds of the four
leaders mentioned above is more important than truly trying to find resolution,
understanding, and accuracy.
Another bit of evidence in the matter is that when voices
of reason do speak (i.e. Lisa Fritsch, Charles Barkley, Dr. William Cosby, et.
al), based on seeing the facts for themselves and then urging calm they are
shouted down. Or in Dr. Cosby's case--"Reverend" Jesse Jackson in a
moment of candidness--utters desires to remove Cosby's anatomical manhood.
Also readily evident to any who would be honest is that
when there are voices who point out that current solutions being touted for
suffering neighborhoods are not working, squeals of "racism", come
the same grievance inciters. So when a popular commentator on the largest news
network points out the inconsistency of punishing a Latin American man harshly
for an accidental death, while more or less ignoring the character, grooming,
and integrity of African-American men who go on killing rampages in wholly
African-American controlled neighborhoods is at a minimum hypocritical.
The truth--the cold hard truth--is that this cadre of
voices (Sharpton, Holder, Jackson, Obama, et al.) benefit far more by
practicing racism in theory, rhetoric, and actions, than by ever seeking honest
resolutions. They continue to be propped up by those who keep themselves
intellectually shallow of fact. And a handful of media outlets--mostly operated
by NBC--seem to pander on the issue instead of seeking intellectually rigorous,
heartfelt, passionate solutions to the problems that face the nation.
This combination of dishonesty, access, and support now
furthers racist outcomes and those involved are directly contributing to the
anger, vandalism, and violence that follows in its wake.
As the father of a son whose skin is darker than any of
the men mentioned in this article, my fear is what consequences he faces,
because of their vanity, selfishness, hubris, and greed.
See in order to end racism, you must not merely tolerate
people who are different than you--but begin to truly honor, serve, and love
them.
And it is the absence of honor in the character of
today's "civil rights 'leaders'" that betrays their true intention:
to practice racism, and to profit from it for themselves indefinitely.
Making it an issue that appears at present nearly
impossible to defeat.
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