16 August 2005
White Peoples Party
Filed under Everything Else
The most disgusting thing in the world is racism. And yet, one would argue, this is the oldest thing in the world. Why do we fight wars? Quite frequently, because of race, or religion, or nationality, or reasons that for those lost in the war, is something they cannot control. Men, women, children, have died because their skin was too black, too yellow, too dark. And, without being overly dramatic, who can forget those who perished in religious skirmish after skirmish, be it Protestant vs. Catholic, Christian vs. Muslim, Jewish vs. Everyone else.
Who is to say that whites are the “best”? To the White Peoples Party of Nevada: I am white. I should be an easy sell. I want one reason you think I should join your party. But I bet that no matter what you throw at me, it will be vile, horrible filth.
Minorities are taking the jobs of America? Well, if they work harder, they *should* have the jobs. May the best person win. Whites are unfairly treated due to affirmative action? Perhaps, but if there were no racism in the world, we wouldn’t need programs like affirmative action in the first place? Blacks carry AIDS more frequently? Again, maybe, but that could be because they’re uninformed about safe sex thanks to poor schooling, which is due to a lack of funding, which is probably due, again, to racism. Minorities are lazy. Minorities are worthless. Mixed-Marriage is a sin. Wrong, Wrong, and Wrong.
As you can see, racism is not the answer. It is the problem. And the problem needs, to paraphrase Einstein, a new way of thinking. One where the only thing excluded from the table is racism.
These groups are driven by hate, by, by bad experiences and misinformation by turning a blind eye to the present and following the perverse ways of the past. I feel nauseous now. I want to cover my ears, hide my eyes, and pretend that racism no longer exists, that is a thing of history. That the world is a place without boundries, without borders, without fear, without hate. But that world is a long way off. That world does not, may never exist.
If the only thing I have to fear is fear itself, then right now I’m very, very afraid.
:: Adam