Racism In America

Racism In America

It made me sick in my stomach reading and listening about the events in Ferguson. A black boy gets shot and killed by a white police officer and it's all about racism. Just in case you're living on Mars, you probably don't realize a black man or woman is shot by a white police officer every day in America. However, it's not very often we call it racism. A black cop shoots a white person every day in America and we almost never call that racism. Therefore, there must be something special about the Ferguson situation.

I live in Southern California where there is a lot of tolerance toward gays, white people marring black people, Asian people marring white and black people, Hispanic people marring anybody not Hispanic, etc. etc. etc. Yet, even with all this tolerance, white cops shoot black people and black cops shoot white people every day in Southern California. Therefore, there must be something special about the Ferguson situation.

The only thing I can think of regarding the Ferguson situation is that we just got a major slap in the face that racism still exists in America. It's not about who shot who and why. We will spend months sorting through both sides' description of what happened on that day. Hopefully our legal system will do its duty and get to the truth. However, the real truth here is that after all these many, many years, racism still exists in America.

What makes me sick in my stomach is that the country I love with all my heart, still can't understand that racism is negative energy and doesn't enhance anybody's life. With all the education we get, not one school (elementary through college) teaches tolerance. 

Racism is all about anger. Why are we still so angry?  Maybe our father's father (black or white, Asian or Hispanic) had a reason to be angry, but what the hell does that have to do with us? I realize anger can be passed down to other generations, but why can't we take a step back and say: "my father's anger is not serving me. My father's anger is not helping me become happier. Having racism in my heart will only greatly reduce the chances of my kids having a happy life."

America is supposed to be one of the world leaders and yet we still portray blacks as thefts, Hispanics as lazy, Arabs as terrorists, Jews as money grubbers, etc. etc. etc. Stereotyping people creates anger in our hearts even for people that don't come close to their stereotype. Of the hundreds of millions of Arabs, how many are terrorists - very, very, very few. Yet, there are people in America who have anger in their hearts when they see a man in a headdress or a woman in a Veil. 

Racism in America has outlived its usefulness.  We need to just see people as people. It's their actions we need to focus on not their color or their accent. It's not about who is shooting who. It's about three things. Learning to live with everyone, getting rid of the anger that a parent, friend or relative put into our heart and realizing;

Racism In America - What Is It Good For - Absolutely Nothing