What happened to my America? I'm so tired of this whole race issue. Now I'm not so disillusioned that I believe there isn't an issue. I know that his country once had slavery. I also know that it was black African mercenaries who raided tribes and captured black villagers, chained them up, threw them on ships, and then sold them in other countries (not just America). I know that up until about 60 years ago there was a lot of segregation in this country. Fast-forward to today, we as a people and a country have come a long way. We've made it illegal to discriminate for jobs, and we've instituted assistance programs to help everyone who isn't of Anglo Saxon decent. But in my opinion, it's gone too far. The whole "equality" movement is anything but. Affirmative action, while being well intentioned as a tool to interject people of color into the work force, is now used to promote unqualified applicants over those who possess required qualifications, on the basis of race. There are entities that exist now that are exclusive to specific ethnic groups (example: Ms. Black America pageant) ...every ethnic group except Whites. If such an institute emerges for Whites, it's immediately labeled as being racist. There are (non-White) figureheads with national exposure who frequently make speeches, and otherwise publish material that clearly promotes one racial culture over another.Those figureheads are acknowledged, embraced, and given a froum in which to spread their message. Any time in recent history, if a white person does that, they are denigrated, labeled a maniac, a racist, and condemned for their beliefs.

Segregation is still alive and well, but it's self-imposed segregation. No one tells anyone where they have to live, where they have to work, or whom they have to associate with. Yet an overwhelming number of Black Americans choose to congregate in the same areas. Again, not because they are forced to, but because they choose to. Mention that aloud and you'll quickly be told that it's because Blacks are held back and deprived jobs which pay well enough to live elsewhere. Odd considering that for years I worked along side Blacks in the same job place. Also strange considering that I see Blacks working in every place I shop and eat. Yet while I lived in an apartment on the expensive side of town, the Blacks I worked with, took up residence in run down houses and apartments on the poor side of town. Why was that? We all earned roughly the same salary, and in some cases, they had more than one income in the same household. I’ll leave this topic to your conjecture at this point.

Last November the country elected it's first (part) Black president. Actually, that (so-called) fact is a widely stated falsehood. This Nation has been previously lead by six presidents whose heritage included a Black lineage. This is an example where most people show their ignorance when it comes to history. Don't believe me? Look it up. All of that aside, and even under the widely disillusioned premise that Barack Obama is the first Black president, we have reached and exceeded the principal of equality in America. Blacks today have every opportunity to succeed in this country as anyone else. Same goes for Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, Arabs, Pacific Islanders, and anyone else who is classified as human. The problem is, we've allowed the balance to tip the opposite way. Many "minorities" use the concept of equality and the threat of racism to run roughshot over whomever they want. White males are widely and openly deemed as being racist. It's an unfounded, unprovoked generalized claim made by those of other ethnicities. Calling a White person a "racist" is the automatic nullifier. No White person wants to be labeled as such, so they will often live in fear of speaking out against someone who is from another ethnic background...even when their disagreement has nothing at all to do with race. It was Martin Luther King Jr. who said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character". Powerful words from a very wise man. Too bad the same people whom he stood up for, and often use King's image as a symbol, don't heed his words. Seems to be the automatic response to criticism of a Black person is that of racism. It's hard to judge the content of their character when they won't let you get past the color of their skin.

Is true that racism is alive and well in America. A White person can't sites statistics showing that Blacks and Hispanics commit more violent crimes, without being called a racist. They can't voice opposing opinions against the current president without being called racist. It was Hillary Clinton who said (shreaked) during the Bush presidency, "I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration somehow you're not patriotic. We should stand up and say we are Americans and we have a right to debate and disagree with any administration". Funny how that doesn't apply when the shoe is on the other foot. Why isn't she standing up and repeating that statement today? Why is it that Black speakers can get away with making blatantly bigoted statements, but when a White person speaks out against someone of another race about non-racial issues, they are automatically dubbed a racist?

For years White people have been told to embrace the concept of "diversity". Meaning: never identify a "minority" by their ethnicity, never argue with someone of another ethnicity, always give in to the demands of a "minority", and always allow "minorities" to say whatever they want, to and about you. It's my contention that "diversity" is racism.