Most of my friends are going to think I am crazy for taking on this topic. But anyway.
What I have seen out of St Louis is nothing short of an American disgrace. A young man loosing his life is tragic enough, but the way people have responded to this event has been nothing short of third world in likeness. You have groups up there that are doing for themselves and trying to benefit from all of tragic events. We are a nation of laws and what has become so disconcerting is the fact that some people think they do not have to follow those laws or some should have the ability to go around them. This case should be tried in a court not on TV and damn sure not from enraged citizens. If this were the case people would resort back to western days and send out a posse and hang the man before any trial is conveyed. Thank God we have grown since that time. Or have we? All we want now days is fast as hell justice against white on black shootings and not so much on Black on Black shootings. Is that because black on black shootings are not so relevant? Or is there just more to gain from a white on black shooting. Lets see they are both human beings separated by only color. But if you were to hear and intellectual talk about it, they would seem to find every little thing they can pick out of it and rummage through it like a rat, just so they can find some asinine talking point they can later become famous with.
As I have set here and watched the coverage of this I have come to the conclusion that there is an agenda here for the media. Mostly just to keep it stirred up long enough to attain ratings. The story is just over a week old and the media has already adjudicated it for the American people. These conclusions have been racism, police brutality, authoritarian system and so fourth. But the one thing that has not come up is the responsibility for the damage they have cause their own neighborhood. Why are they not asking (why are they destroying their own businesses and property?) Answer by the media. "because they are angry and it is everyone in America's fault for the oppression they have went through," "before my time" and it is America's responsibility to keep feeling guilty for something they had nothing to do with 160 years ago. In other words WHITE GUILT. That gives people the right to use that excuse (Racism) as cover for total destruction.
I have very good friends that are people of color, all are hard working and very well educated and did not all come from rich homes and good neighborhoods. And yet they have offered no excuse for the people that have exploited the destruction that has gone on. They have asked the same questions I have and that is "Why?" why not let the law of the land reign in the problem and let a Jury of his Peers Judge him like the community standards dictate.
I have seen all manner of excuses used here except for the correct one. The families wishes have not been held, people have went out in this young mans name and destroyed a town and a community. All of them should be ashamed of themselves for this. But that will not happen because the excuses they have used they have used for so long that people have become accustom to hearing them. Even the President still uses the excuse of color for the destruction of their communities. From what I have read from Dr Martin Luther King is he would have been disappointed in what his struggle has become. And that it had been bastardized by self serving people that look out only for themselves.
Judge a Man not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character. Dr King.
The decline of the inter cities can be attributed to the lack of passion of the community to better themselves instead of using the blame and guilt tactic. Instead of walking around with your pants to your knees and yelling HO and Bitch and saying we do that because that is our culture. That just goes to show your own ignorance about African Heritage. The cradle of civilization was not founded by people yelling such things and generally walking around making an ass of themselves. Whites are just as guilty of this as anyone else. This will never end until we put the past behind us and we grow up and realize we are all human beings and we are responsible for what we want out of life. I have lived in countries where the people there have no choice in the matter. So pull up your big boy and girl pants and take some responsibility for your action and instead of making the problem worse, make it better.
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