Because of the 1607 acceptance of slavery in Jamestown and subsequent statutory approval of enslavement throughout colonial America. The need to fight a civil war to legally eliminate the sin of slavery yet lawfully embrace the Supreme Court doctrine of “separate but equal.” Followed by “Jim Crow” violations of the Constitution and the suppression of African American voters Americans bare a particular responsibility to Americans of African decent.
Racism has an extensive litany of meanings and characterizations, all culminating in the phobia of otherness. Xenophobic, even supremacist illogicalities, contextualize the feelings and thus the meaningfulness of racism. What is its origin?
As with other animals, humans survive by killing and digesting other living things; fear of other humans is a justifiable fifty thousand-year-old underlying innate. So, from the very beginnings of Homo sapiens life, the concept of us versus them was embedded into the human physic. Remembering that the typical first act of a community was to construct a wall.
Motivated by the competition over resources, greed, envy, and behavioral dysfunction, violent conflict as a reality or in preparedness for such a reality is the central theme of humankind.
Humans are the most dangerous animal on earth. A human’s most lethal predator is another human. It is, therefore, sensible that the co-mingling of suspicion and the fear of other humans’ is a natural response.
Ad hominem attacks are a prevalent method of demonizing another being. In WWI, the Germans were called the Huns, WWII the Japanese were Nips, Vietnam the Gooks, the list of such name-calling is voluminous and common.
The content above attempts an explanation of the how and why of our present situation. Of course, the destroyers, looters, assailants, Ne’er-do-well bystanders of our cities inclusive of office holding leaders careless to not-at-all about halting the protesting mob; they are frightful incompetent cowards.
“Black lives matter,” forbade the acceptance that all lives matter. Are followers and sympathizers of BLK point-blank zeroed in on intolerance? Does this organization seek domination of thought through harassment, intimidation, and physical coercion? Absolutely! Is BLK justified? Hell no!
In a polite enlightened society, disagreements settled by-elections indicate that law and order have prevailed. I fear our present divide is so vast the forthcoming election will not be accepted.
In every measurable way, the 2020 election will not constrict to lawful obedience. The Democrats will not support a Trump victory nor restrict their actions to the proper and legal. Disorder, mayhem, and blatant disregard will rule the day.