Race in America has been framed! Much of what people think they know lacks sophistication and nuance. As time goes on the story changes. Today race relations and narratives are led almost exclusively by hustlers and delusional thinkers.
What’s the Story? Until the Enlightenment and the Age of Reason slavery as an economic practice and hierarchy had always existed, it was normal, it is found in all ancient texts and continued until people started to become ‘enlightened’ leading to the Age of Reason. These ‘dudes’ quickly realized that if they were going to champion liberty and concepts like self-rule and determination that the practice of slavery was counter to these ideals. From the earliest inception of our fledgling country this practice was doomed, but trying to establish a Nation and rid of an ancient practice and economic system was too much to do at once. In the meantime, they built fast warships (i.e. Constellation in Baltimore) to discourage the slave trade off the African coast. Slaves were already slaves in Africa; the Europeans bought them from their ‘owners’ and shipped them over. 75 years after the United States was founded 100’s of thousands of young ‘white’ boys died gruesome deaths and sacrificed themselves to rid the Nation of the scourge of slavery. The newly formed Republican Party is deserving of more credit than it receives.
America of the 1800’s was not the land of cushy, decadence, and privilege it is today. People worked hard and many did dangerous work. During slavery, the dangerous work (i.e. mining, industry) was exclusively left up to white boys, slaves were considered too valuable. They were very expensive investments (ex. costing more than a new Bentley to buy and maintain), and their owners wanted them alive and in good condition. Slaves were normally reasonably well taken care of.
The period of Reconstruction followed by Jim Crow (led by democrats) was handled very poorly, leadership was weak, and a two-tier society was evident. A lot of it, sadly, was humans just being humans and wanting to feel superior, but it was, as it often is, along racial lines. This was a crappy period, and in my opinion is more of what haunts us today than earlier slavery which was ‘paid’ for with blood and sacrifice.
‘Separate but Equal’ did result in an amazing era of Black creativity, especially in music. Through 1920’s through the 60’s, a lot of American music and culture was shaped by what was happening in vibrant black communities. These communities were happening and black entrepreneurship thrived. Black folks had their separate world that they operated. Then welfare happened, which did what slavery and Jim Crow could not… destroy the once mighty black family (i.e. black marriage rates were higher than whites in the early 1900s). Welfare discourages family formation, as benefits prioritize women and children – not having a man around. Basically, the black man was traded-in to be taken care of by the State. No longer needing a stable, good guy to provide for, black women let their ‘shadows’ lead and chose unstable and ‘exciting’ men to be their ‘baby daddies’. Enter ‘Thug Culture’ which is a hyper-masculine caricature of manhood – a Bad Boy, a Fuck Boy. The African American community has been easy prey for propaganda. Think about it, black folks mainly support a political party rooted in defending slavery and establishing Jim Crow. That’s Stockholm Syndrome! They rationalize, that the parties did a switcheroo at some point, but only superficially. From what I have seen, Democrats use black people via race hustlers and delusional ‘woke’ academia, but I repeat myself. They yank them around, lie to them and tell them what to think, appealing to their baser nature, in exchange for some crumbs. Now, it seems, they want black people to feel justified in criminal and violent ‘counter-racism’ behavior. A subtle covert permission is being granted by media and left-wing politicians. The purpose is to once again destabilize and divide a Nation, using our fears and egos against us. It’s disgusting, but these are the days of Nu-Racism, completely based on ignorance and propaganda, perhaps it always has been.
*** For additional context: It is estimated that their are 50 MILLION slaves today (many times more than ever existed in North America over 400 years) but nobody gives a shit. Today’s slaves are being exploited for sex and are often children. If slavery was so bad 200 years ago why aren’t people doing anything about the horrific practices happening now?
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