Boss
Take a Memo:
The most troubling thing to me about the whole Ferguson incident is the conversation we're not having and are not going to have.As racial activists turn Michael Brown into their modern day Emmett Till and imply that virtually any white police officer who shoots a black man for any reason is an intolerant racist who simply wanted to kill blacks, the real problems remain unaddressed. It is a symptom of a society which has jumped the tracks of civil discourse and has begun to devour itself from within.
People can second guess Officer Darren Wilson's choices all day long. It is regretful that Michael Brown is dead, but the choices which led to that are not solely on Officer Wilson. Numerous choices which were made by others long before that fateful incident are simply being ignored. We can't even have a rational level-headed conversation about them without someone inferring racism. The racial activists have so stigmatized this case that you can either assume the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture in solidarity or you're a deplorable racist bigot. All other conversations have been squelched and silenced. This, above all else, is to our own detriment as a civil society and the price will be paid.
It was not Officer Wilson who made the choice to impregnate Brown's mother and leave her to raise as son by herself. Officer Wilson did not deprive Micheal of a decent moral upbringing by a father who cared enough about his son to teach him proper behavior and respect for authority. Officer Wilson did not make that choice to abandon his responsibility as a parent to Micheal Brown. These choices were made long before Wilson ever came into the picture, but we can't have that conversation now.
We also can't have the conversation about how left-wing liberal policies have failed our education system or created dismal employment prospects for people of Brown's generation. No, that's all off the table now. Even though these choices played a role and ultimately led to the incident in question. We can't have the conversation about gangs and gangsters who have essentially taken control of the streets in many cities across America. We can't talk about the black-on-black violence that has become part of everyday life in ethnic urban America. No, you see, this would take too much away from the "racist white cops" narrative.
See, it's far too important to the race baiters and activists that we instill this insidious idea in the minds of America that we have a "racist white cop" problem. This has gone on since the Rodney King incident, and perhaps that was a case of racist white cops, but the only way we can deal with such things is by holding individuals accountable when that is the case. What is the alternative? Not to have any white people serve as officers of the law? Have some different standard of law apply to black thugs? Maybe it's to have some group like the Black Panthers handle law enforcement and protect the "rights" of the thugs to be thugs?
Before we resort to such bizarre extremes, it behooves us to examine the "other choices" and see if we can't find some remedies there first. A liberal friend of mine argued that recent psychological studies indicate there is a subconscious 'racism' happening among whites, even when they believe they are not being racist. Whites just tend to naturally discriminate against black people and they can't help it.... that was her argument. Well, if that is the case (which I highly doubt) it's even more the reason to instil the importance in black youth of showing respect for authority and not giving the appearance of confrontation. Why would you want to give a racist reason to kill you?
Now, some will say, why should blacks have to behave a certain way to keep from being killed by a racist? Well, if the racism is subconscious and the white person can't do anything about it, then what else would be the alternative? Kill whitey? Racism is born from ignorance, we know this for a fact. So, are you better able to educate a racist if you are alive to do so or dead? No offense, but the current conversation we are having which the liberal racial activists are pushing the narrative on, has no clear solution that will work. It simply continues to divide us and cause more racial tension. We must ask, what is the underlying purpose of that?
People can second guess Officer Darren Wilson's choices all day long. It is regretful that Michael Brown is dead, but the choices which led to that are not solely on Officer Wilson. Numerous choices which were made by others long before that fateful incident are simply being ignored. We can't even have a rational level-headed conversation about them without someone inferring racism. The racial activists have so stigmatized this case that you can either assume the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture in solidarity or you're a deplorable racist bigot. All other conversations have been squelched and silenced. This, above all else, is to our own detriment as a civil society and the price will be paid.
It was not Officer Wilson who made the choice to impregnate Brown's mother and leave her to raise as son by herself. Officer Wilson did not deprive Micheal of a decent moral upbringing by a father who cared enough about his son to teach him proper behavior and respect for authority. Officer Wilson did not make that choice to abandon his responsibility as a parent to Micheal Brown. These choices were made long before Wilson ever came into the picture, but we can't have that conversation now.
We also can't have the conversation about how left-wing liberal policies have failed our education system or created dismal employment prospects for people of Brown's generation. No, that's all off the table now. Even though these choices played a role and ultimately led to the incident in question. We can't have the conversation about gangs and gangsters who have essentially taken control of the streets in many cities across America. We can't talk about the black-on-black violence that has become part of everyday life in ethnic urban America. No, you see, this would take too much away from the "racist white cops" narrative.
See, it's far too important to the race baiters and activists that we instill this insidious idea in the minds of America that we have a "racist white cop" problem. This has gone on since the Rodney King incident, and perhaps that was a case of racist white cops, but the only way we can deal with such things is by holding individuals accountable when that is the case. What is the alternative? Not to have any white people serve as officers of the law? Have some different standard of law apply to black thugs? Maybe it's to have some group like the Black Panthers handle law enforcement and protect the "rights" of the thugs to be thugs?
Before we resort to such bizarre extremes, it behooves us to examine the "other choices" and see if we can't find some remedies there first. A liberal friend of mine argued that recent psychological studies indicate there is a subconscious 'racism' happening among whites, even when they believe they are not being racist. Whites just tend to naturally discriminate against black people and they can't help it.... that was her argument. Well, if that is the case (which I highly doubt) it's even more the reason to instil the importance in black youth of showing respect for authority and not giving the appearance of confrontation. Why would you want to give a racist reason to kill you?
Now, some will say, why should blacks have to behave a certain way to keep from being killed by a racist? Well, if the racism is subconscious and the white person can't do anything about it, then what else would be the alternative? Kill whitey? Racism is born from ignorance, we know this for a fact. So, are you better able to educate a racist if you are alive to do so or dead? No offense, but the current conversation we are having which the liberal racial activists are pushing the narrative on, has no clear solution that will work. It simply continues to divide us and cause more racial tension. We must ask, what is the underlying purpose of that?
