Black History Month
A lot has been said since President Trump’s Administration announced they would not fully endorse Black History Month as the Federal Government has done in the past. I have been in the trenches talking and chatting with We, the People, on the subject. My position is that I don’t really care for a Federal admission of any group, race, or creed. The government is not my daddy; it is not there to make me feel warm and fuzzies. The Government exists to shut up and stay out of the way until We, the People, as a whole, require protection.
A fellow black man I respect greatly posted this nonsense image, and I was compelled to respond.
To wit, I stated:
“People who could not walk got around just fine before DEI. Furthermore, Blacks were a strong and capable people before DEI. Just read some Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington (both born as slaves) and compare it to your standard white college graduate's writing today. There were plenty of persons who did big things hundreds of years before DEI was even a thought. The first Black elected to office I believe was Wentworth Cheswell. This was before, during and after the founding of the nation; he rode information missions during the same period as Paul Revere and was even a Judge. We were not to be fucked with before DEI; we won't be anything to fuck with now that it is gone. Stay strong, stay Black, stay above the noise!“
The ongoing effort to rewrite history to make it seem as though blacks, women, the handicapped, mentally infirm, and otherwise “othered” persons had nothing to do with building this great nation is a Leftist move I cannot tolerate.
The first thing Leftists do each and every time they attempt to take over a nation is rewrite history to divide the masses. Instead of bringing us all together based on our similarities, the Left continues to pull us apart because of our differences. Another such angle is the Morgan Freeman angle on the matter. Years ago, Mr. Freeman had a discussion with Mike Wallace about Black History Month and how he was against the very idea of it.
When Wallace asked, “How are we going to get rid of racism?” Mr. Freeman responded with, “Stop talking about it. I’m going to stop calling you a white man, and I’m going to ask you to stop calling me a black man.” There is a lot of power in these statements. We speak truth into race; it is an oversimplification of biology. For example, we say “blacks have a higher rate of hypertension than whites” because it is a lot simpler and easier to understand than “differences in ionic transport mechanisms, the renal epithelial sodium channel, the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system, and vasoactive substances can cause some to be at heightened risk for hypertension.“ The second is gibberish to the layperson, but it provides a basis for the medical industry to solve problems.
This is very similar to the “Black History Month” debate. Having a black history month is easy. It says, “Look at me! I am specifically calling out that blacks have history!” People understand this, it gives certain types of folks the warm and fuzzies. It is convenient but not useful. Having black history month; however, like stating “blacks have a higher rate of hypertension than whites,” hides the reasons for the disparities and provides no basis for a people correcting those disparities. Talking about race - forcing actions and discussion around race - causes a perpetuation of racism. We can only move forward, by teaching the fullness and richness of all history and solving real socioeconomic problems. We cannot move forward by whining about mere phenotype expression.