Why The Race War?

First of all, let me give you my background.  I was born and raised in the deep south.  I was 28 years old when the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed.  Up until then and for a time after, I was what would nowadays be called a racist.  I thought Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr was the nemesis of the nation.  All during the sit-ins, etc., I thought that they were wrong.  They needed to be subdued.  But when I saw the scenes on the of the police billy-clubbing them or siccing the dogs on them, something inside me kept saying that that was not right.  When Dr. King was assassinated, I didn’t cheer, but I didn’t mourn either.

After the act was passed, the company I worked for hired its first token black.  Most of us in the company had similar racial feelings.  But Jim (that was his name) was well accepted.  None of us socialized with him outside of work, but rarely did any of the rest of us socialize with each other.  Somewhere along the way, I began seeing clean, nicely-dressed black people who were beginning to hold good jobs.  I realized that they were just as human as I, they just looked different.  I will still use the ‘n’ word on a black person if he is a low-life sorry piece of humanity.  But I also have similar derogatory names for similar type white people.  As stated before, I am not politically correct.

It was probably in the 1990’s that I began getting very concerned with what was going on with our government.  I even began to have thoughts that one day there may be a revolution.  And then I began to think that rather than an armed revolution, another courageous and wise leader much like Dr. King was what we needed.  And I still see things that way.  Right now, I have my eyes on one man – Dr. Ben Carson, a black man.  I recognize his wisdom.  I just don’t know about his leadership ability.  He is also a courageous man.

The above is my racial history, wide open to you.  I am not ashamed of any of it, just not real proud of some of it.

Since the Civil Rights Act was passed, the black people have made much progress in all fields.  I knew the parents of a black teenager years ago who lived in the ‘quarters’.  The parents saw to it that children were well educated.  A few years later, I bumped into the kid one night wearing a West Point cadet uniform.  Now, he is a 4-star general in the U. S, Army.  Needless to say, I am proud to have known him and his family.

What I hate is that over the last bunch of years, there are certain black ‘leaders’ who are trying to undo all that Dr. King had accomplished.  The two biggest agitators are the reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.  These two are followed closely by the NAACP.There are others also.  All this agitation is strictly for personal gain.  The NAACP once did a lots for the black people, but they have outlived their usefulness.  Our president is also a big racial agitator.

Actually, up until this president, racial relations in this nation were very good.  There will always be racial friction within some people..  That has been with us since man began walking on two legs.  But now, the agitators are calling any white person who criticizes a black person a racist.  All this does is stir up hard feelings between both races.

I’m at a loss as to where to go from here.  I guess all I can do is to continue to treat black people with the same courtesy and respect I would give to a white person.  Unless they give me reason to do otherwise.  I guess that’s the most any of us can do unless we are in the public image or in a position of authority.

See y’all later.

Herb