The Language of Racism pt. 1

StarDreams

If we want to look at this subject with complete objectivity we must look at it from both sides. I ask your permission to use us all as examples when referring to race. For instance Americans of European descent will be referred to as Euro-Americans and we have African Americans, Chinese American, Mexican Americans, and so many others as well as the Native Americans who all make up the population of the United States of America.

By addressing the race card we must first acknowledge we are all settlers here (regardless of the circumstance that led to your ancestors settling) as truth. Then we must fast forward to the foundation that this country was build on in other words the laws and bylaws that govern this nation which is the Constitution and the Bill of Rights written by the colonies of settlers, which were of European descent that arrived here and found Native Americans already living in the US. that is why they are called Native Americans. When in fact, there are actually several Indian tribes some of which still are alive and well today and live in that manner on several Indian reservations within the United States. Which brings me to the 13th Amendment of the Constitution that abolished slavery in the US. in 1865 and would be the first of many laws to address slavery as well as the subsequent racial inequality.

So why you ask are we addressing the race card in the 20th Century? It is because fundamentally we addressed racism but then we didn’t put in place checks and balances to ensure that this master/ slave mentality did not exist or infringe upon our laws or justice in our nation. When you look at the laws that are built to govern over racial equality you discover a lop hole. Its called racism.

The Language of Racism will be a series articles that examine two of my favorite subjects politics & history. The focus will be how it has affected currents events like police brutality.

As a mother myself and a black woman; my hope is to bring light and focus on the issues we face in America and ways we can protest for change individually as well as by the masses.

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