For eons man has made certain this group was better than that group. This trait is better than that trait.
But we are all born biologically equal. Really. From there it is nurture and culture.
(Of course I am not addressing birth defects here.)
Politicians keeping their positions in government safe, encourage plain old Americans to think one group is special over another. Certain groups are incapable of making it without charity. Politicians aren't the only ones. Special interest groups, keeping their positions alive, encourage some Americans to believe special treatment and rights are necessary for them to survive.
There are dozens of stories on the web extolling the character and success of Americans that have devastating handicaps and obstacles to overcome. And their success can be incredible.
They may be quadriplegic, suffer from years of abuse, birth defects, amputees, etc.
My point here is we have to start treating each other as "EQUAL" until our actions make us less.
And it would seem we need to begin with all levels of government.
The first situation that comes to mind is "hate crimes". In the distant past, this could be a little more understandable. Freed slaves and several generations to follow could have a hard row to hoe. Asian Americans could feel the repercussions of WWII for much too long. And we all know there are many more situations where "hate crime" could be considered an option.
Now days political correctness and accepted misbehavior has turned the racism towards caucasians, latino, and Korean Americans. Political correctness tolerates African Americans demonstrating racism. I cannot fully understand the logic behind this.
In America today we should all be offended that someone would consider one persons life more important than another. Any crime against a person is just that. A crime. All crimes should be treated as seriously as required by law. No matter who the victim is. For a government to lend credibility to thought that one American is more or less than another is racism in its worst form.
Unfortunately there will always be imbeciles in the world to insult a person or group with hurtful names and poor treatment. But to justify their asinine thought process with changing laws or government programs to attempt to correct it is absurd.
We all have our individual hurdles to clear. Prejudice and hate may be a part of them.
We need to stop listening to these individuals and groups that think special treatment, good or bad, is necessary because of someones heritage.
We have to stop having our tax dollars pay for racist beliefs and know we are all equal with equal chances at success.
2 comments:
This is 2009, there should be NO color,
All this sounds good but somewhere along the line the wealth of the country must be redistributed to even the field for all. Without this redistribution different groups will always be susceptible to manipulations and other vices that control their actions.
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