Race relations will improve when the current batch of racists (of all stripes) die off and likely not before.
That we have a President adored by the right who has made blatantly racists comments (according to Paul Ryan), was a birther for a number of years and probably still is, and specifically targets persons of Hispanic origin for the most bizarrely cruel edicts imposed by any President in modern history certainly doesn’t help.That we have an increasingly mixed-race population will force families to come together, break bread together and eventually be inter-dependent when the bill for all of our largess comes due and the political mandate of “no bad news” is gone is a good thing and will be a benefit long term.
By “no bad news”…here is what I mean As you may remember, Obama said a few times, “I heard about this on the news” or some statement analogous to that. Here are a few examples:
- Asked when he first found out Hillary Clinton was using a non-official system to conduct government business, Obama told CBS News: “The same time as everybody else, through news reports."
- "I heard on the news about this story that Fast and Furious, where allegedly guns were being run into Mexico and ATF knew about it but didn't apprehend those who had sent it. Eric Holder has -- the attorney general has been very clear that he knew nothing about this. We had assigned an IG, inspector general, to investigate it.”
It certainly wasn’t because he was too dumb to understand the issues as we have with the current pervert in the White House…people didn’t want to give Obama bad news. When bad news is reported to the current administration, if it comes from the inside, they are ousted and if it comes from the outside…its “fake news”. So at some point in the future, there will be some seriously lean years. When it happened in the past, you came together with your family, took in relatives, and toughed it out. In the year 2030 or whatever—the relatives you take in may be of different skin color, religion, background…etc.
How we come out on the other end of the upcoming hard times will tell the tale of the American empire in my view. I predict race will become less and less of an issue by sheer force of attrition. I do not see any “great awakening” on the part of Americans. There is less and less need for a college education that will promote a well rounded classical education. There is more and more desire for short cuts and quick fixes that can be done via a Google search.
It’s not talked about much, but perhaps one of the great benefits of Trump’s election as President is that the “halo” of the presidency that existed is now tarnished. Perhaps forever. It may not happen immediately or even the one after but at some point, we’re going to want someone more like Carter or Eisenhower than one who promised so much but has delivered so little.