The source of our racism.

Lately, due to various circumstances I started considering that most sensitive of subjects, Racism. I have heard a lot of people getting into arguments over what is racist. There are major public news stories about events that have been labeled as racist. And there are people who are starting to actually sound racist. I started to wonder why. Why is it that people I know who have never exhibited a racist intent before are all of a sudden starting to become much more polarized, in a negative way, on this subject. Then it hit me… The problem is that if you are going to give anyone preferential treatment or allow them special “passes” that are going to be denied to others then the ones who are being denied will, naturally, begin to resent the people receiving the special favors and privileged positions. That in turn will lead to a self fulfilling prophecy scenario where the person/s who are denied the preferential treatment will aim their resentment at the ones who get the preferred treatment. Thus creating racism. That is right the gist of it is that the system that is supposed to be ending racism is actually inflaming or even Creating the very thing that it is supposed to be designed to fight against. Look at it like this, people see injustice every day, they see people of one “minority race” who regularly harm each other and people of other “races” with no news coverage and no outrage at the horror that is unleashed. But then, in a rare event, when the situation is reversed not only is it news worthy but the whole of that “minority race” stands up and excoriates the other “races” for trying to keep the “minority race” down and that it has to all be due to “racism”. I think that some people are starting to sound a little more racist either because they believe the labels that others cast on them and so are “trying to fit the mold” or they are simply legitimately frustrated. Then rather than aim their anger at the flawed system which caused the injustice they end up aiming it at the individuals who are getting the preferred treatment. Thus racism. Maybe if the “minority race” in question would stand up and tell their spokesmen (self appointed or not) to cut the stupid self serving rhetoric and would try to get along then the racism would go away. Since the election of our “first black president” I have noticed an up tick in the acts that could be considered racist. I have also heard more claims to that state of being. (That our country is racist). Why is it that all of a sudden the election of a black president, supposedly at the time the sign that racism is defeated, has created a whole new world of racism? I think a part of it could honestly be that there are racists out there who are angry and trying to go back to the good old days. But I think A larger part of it is that there are people out there who are accusing others of racism and insisting that EVERY thing anyone else does is motivated purely by racism. In L.A. we hear about cops making a traffic stop that goes bad and the guy in the car (A former prisoner) pulling a gun on the cops resulting in the cops killing him in self defense. But then the people of the neighborhood where that criminal comes from cry out that it was all “because he was a minority, and the cops are all racist [scum]”. No they were simply doing their duty. They were doing what they were hired to do. Period. End of story. But that isn’t good enough. Or the case where a bunch of college kids were accused of committing an act of Criminal Sexual activity against a minority. The news spread it all around that these evil rich boys (all of one race by the way) did this horrendous thing to a poor girl (of a “minority race” by the way). The DA’s assistant had them in court before ANY of the allegations were even investigated. The mouthpieces of the “minority race” were out in force saying how awful it is in this day and age that such things should be happening. The Coach of the team that the accused boys were from was fired, the boys were suspended from school. I mean ALL the stops were pulled. That is until the day that the information came out that (1) the girl who made these claims lied and was just trying to work the system and (2) the Assistant DA covered up all the information that showed this fact. Now all of a sudden the news goes strangely quiet leaving us to wonder, what happened to the boys who were basically exonerated? What happened to the coach who was erroneously fired? What charges were brought against the lady who filed the false report and started us on this road? And last but not least… where are the apologies owed to the coach and those boys from… (1) the media who showed such poor judgement in making this such a big deal (2) The shysters who jumped up in front of the cameras, full of indignant wrath, to call down judgement on those innocents (3) The state officials who went for sensationalism instead of following good procedure (4) The Assistant DA who, although fired, didn’t ever really have to reach out to make amends (as far as we know) (5) The school officials who instead of waiting for a real idea of what was going on acted precipitously in the removal of innocents I mean all of these people acted poorly, at best, and yet they never tried to make it right the way they were so quick to make it wrong. Do I need to point out more examples? The Police officer who, answering a call for help in an affluent area, tried to do his job, but was impeded by the “suspicious person” who turned belligerent and refused to cooperate instead saying the cop wouldn’t be doing this if the suspect was not a “minority race”. Um news flash for you here buddy… Yeah he would, IT IS HIS JOB!!!! You freaking idiot. But all the nation who wants to believe racism is alive and well? Yeah they are in there saying it had to have been racist. Or the “kid” who, sadly, was killed while in an altercation with someone of another “race”. Did you notice, as I did that the news would show pictures of some 60 pound 11 year old tyke with a cheerful grin on his face, while the reports were that a 17 year old 6 foot 2 180 pound “kid” was the victim? I mean why show such an obviously misleading picture? Especially when the only picture they would show, of the other person were his mugshots? Again we also saw everyone jumping to conclusions, and before the month was over certain “representatives” of that “minority race” were declaring they would pay bounties for the guy “alive or dead”. How is that conducive to a civil society? I believe these are the issues why we are seeing an “increase” in the whole racism thing. In fact I recently realized, the only way that racism exists is if people see others as different. Racism comes from a perception that we create by what we see and hear and assume. So the ones who are causing this racism can only be the ones that are seeing the difference/s in the first place. That means the ones who are most responsible for this turn of event are the ones who are ultimately so eager to claim racism exists at every turn. Think about it!