This week the President attended and spoke at the grand opening of a new Civil Rights Museum in Mississippi. The new museum honors civil right leaders throughout history and provides a place for greater education toward the cause. One would like to believe such an institution with it’s history and education which translate to understanding and healing would be a welcome addition to our country as a whole and it is but…
The President of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) announced he would not attend the opening because President Trump would be speaking. He said, and I quote “We don’t need this President telling us about Civil Rights”. So let me see if I have this right. The President of the NAACP, with the mission of advancing people of color, refuses to attend this grand opening celebrating people of color and their plight for freedom and rights. Instead, he took a stand against the American President who can actually help make a huge difference in the advancement of people of color, of all people for that matter. Shameful.
Then the so called civil rights champion, Senator John Lewis announces he will also skip the ceremony. He, of course is the one that also refused to attend the President’s inauguration, claiming Mr. Trump is not a legitimate President. Not legitimate because, in his view, Russia got him elected. I guess my vote for the President didn’t matter after all…
I find it amazing that people like those in the NAACP and Senator Lewis can actually claim they care about people of color and even more amazing are those men and women of color that actually continue to support the Sentaor and so many like them. Why can’t people see that keeping people of color down and keeping the civil rights issue alive is a business. This is the business these so-called leaders of civil rights are in? They make matters worse and they do nothing to actually help the country heal, much less advance those of color.
I keep hearing people like this and many others label the President as a racist yet I am unable to see it. In fact, through President Trump’s actions, not words, actions, I see just the opposite. The President treats all people the same, no matter your color. If he disagrees with you he will let you know. If he agrees, he will also let you know. What more could anyone ask?
I honestly believe that past President Obama did more to harm and set back relations in this country than any president before him. Certainly more than any modern president. His own racist views were clear.
People like Obama, Lewis and organizations like the NAACP or the Senate Black Caucus do more harm than good. These groups can actually turn a non-racist individual into a racist, which is horrible and unfair to people as a whole. I do not believe and would argue that the vast majority of the American people are not racist. The pot-stirrers will claim that I think this way because I am white and don’t understand. Well, I am white and they’re right, I don’t understand. I don’t understand why the color of someone’s skin makes any difference in anything. Here in 2017, people are people in my eyes and in most people’s eyes. I don’t care what color you are. What I care about is the type of person you are. I care about what kind of heart you have and if you are a man or women of your word? Do you care about our country, do you love and take care of your family? Do you work hard to make a good life for you and your family? Do you take responsibility for your actions? Those are the things I care about and those are the things on which I will judge you.
Finally, let me say, no matter color or lifestyle I do not hate anyone. Disagreeing is not hate. I didn’t like how President Obama ran the country and this had zero to do with his color. I don’t like Senator Lewis’ policies nor the way he disrespects the President but, I don’t hate him, I don’t even know him. The President of the NAACP should be fired.
So I finish as I started. Is Civil Rights really civil? No, it’s not. Not every black person has been held down and not every white person is racist. Not every black person is racist either. Maybe Rodney King was more intellectual than he was given credit for. “Can’t we all just get along?”