A NOTE ON RACISM

Racism is a visceral part of America's mythology – it's like the brain and heart in the human body. America would not exist without it. Some people believe that America is a melting pot – that the skin color of American's will eventually be a range of Brown Tones. This misguided thinking is thought be a solution to racism. Not all people will meld together no matter how long America cooks them. I tend to divide our country into two areas of concerns – the 1st is People-Concerns and the 2nd is Political-Concerns. People concerns have to do with providing for one's self and one's family. Political concerns have to do with who gets what, when, where, and how. When people have the things they need, race is not a problem – most don't give a shit what color another person happens to be. Politicians, the policy makers, on the other hand do care about race and which one has the most influence. Because resources – land, water, food, fuel, jobs, education – are always scares, policy makers grapple with who will get those resources. It has always been and continues to be the most powerful individuals, in terms of wealth, physical strength, and political power, who set the policy as to how scares resources will be divided. At present those individuals are white and they intend to maintain their positions of power.