Whites killed MLK. Now we honor him: Column
I thought that the celebration of MLK's birthday was supposed to honor a great man of the civil rights. Apparently not. It's now the day that all white people must self-deprocate and pretend that we all participated in the sins of past generations of individuals. And, of course, included in the mutual self-participation is the other half. The "they", who imagine they were personally victims of slavery, that somehow, the great grandparents strife is their own, even if they haven't descended from an actual person who was a slave.
Admittedly the sins of many individuals against Blacks have put them in a disadvantaged position today. But because of the culture of victimhood, many wallow in an imagined state of being, rather than rise above it. Yes. Individuals committed atrocities against Blacks, and that has a very negative cultural effect on Blacks that has evolved and metastasized into this culture of victimhood. Yes, individuals enslaved people and were victims of Slavery. The point is, for both races, there is no "we" there.
To fix the race issues, many individuals on both sides need to change their attitudes about race and culture. No amount of blaming people who weren't even alive prior to the civil rights era is going to solve the problems in their own communities. No amount of self-deprecation or self-victimizing is going to solve the soft racism of low expectations that happens on both sides.
I thought that the celebration of MLK's birthday was supposed to honor a great man of the civil rights. Apparently not. It's now the day that all white people must self-deprocate and pretend that we all participated in the sins of past generations of individuals. And, of course, included in the mutual self-participation is the other half. The "they", who imagine they were personally victims of slavery, that somehow, the great grandparents strife is their own, even if they haven't descended from an actual person who was a slave.
Admittedly the sins of many individuals against Blacks have put them in a disadvantaged position today. But because of the culture of victimhood, many wallow in an imagined state of being, rather than rise above it. Yes. Individuals committed atrocities against Blacks, and that has a very negative cultural effect on Blacks that has evolved and metastasized into this culture of victimhood. Yes, individuals enslaved people and were victims of Slavery. The point is, for both races, there is no "we" there.
To fix the race issues, many individuals on both sides need to change their attitudes about race and culture. No amount of blaming people who weren't even alive prior to the civil rights era is going to solve the problems in their own communities. No amount of self-deprecation or self-victimizing is going to solve the soft racism of low expectations that happens on both sides.