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  • What should America do with it’s minority population?

    Have you ever wondered why America didn’t just send African-Americans back to Africa after the signing of the emancipation proclamation?

    I know if I were a white guy saying this, it would look racist, but this is something I have always wondered because clearly, the majority of America did not want people of color here.

    There are so many disparities in America, from healthcare, criminal justice, housing, wealth, and such. Black men have been label so negatively that it would have made sense.

    After doing some research, I found that there were black organizations that wanted equality here because this is where slaves though they belonged after being abducted and separated from their homeland.

    So we stayed to be treated horribly with a few of us making it big.

    Many whites believe that Blacks should have risen up and created something big for themselves. They should have by now created whole communities to their benefit. History tells us they did, but can you guys what happened?

    Several race-driven massacres and instances of racial violence against African Americans have occurred in the U.S. history. Here is a list of some which happened in just the month of August:

    • August 1896: Polk County Massacre White workers in Arkansas attacked Black workers who were coming to work on the Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Gulf Railway. This attack resulted in the deaths of three African Americans and eight wounded.
    • August 14-16, 1908: Springfield Massacre (Springfield Race Riot of 1908) A mob of approximately 5,000 white individuals launched an attack on African Americans in Springfield, Illinois. The massacre resulted in six Black individuals being shot and killed, two lynched, and about two thousand driven out of the city. This event was one of the catalysts for the formation of the NAACP.
    • August 11, 1965: Watts Riots Beginning on August 11, 1965, and lasting for six days, a series of violent confrontations erupted between Los Angeles police and residents of Watts and other predominantly African American neighborhoods of South-Central Los Angeles. The Watts riots resulted in the deaths of 34 people and more than 1,000 injuries.
    • August 30, 1919: The Knoxville Riot This event involved a white mob attacking the Black community in Knoxville, Tennessee.
    • August 1947: Fernwood Park Race Riot This riot occurred in Chicago in mid-August. 

    Literally, whole communities were created by black folks and destroyed by white folks. Tulsa, or Black Wallstreet, is the most notable circumstance, but Willmingotn, NC and Rosewood, FL were equal devastating.

    During reconstructioning this happened all the time. So, you don’t want us to make it on our own, and you don’t want to send us back. What is left?

    Now, ICE is being used to eliminate brown people. Maybe America should be honest about what she really wants.

  • Are we ruining Cinco De Mayo with our new immigration stance?

    Today is Cinco De Mayo, and it celebrates the day Mexico defeated the French in the battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. That day has nothing to do with Mexican independence day, which is September 16.

    We got involved in the celebration as a way to honor Mexican-American culture and heritage. It seems like with all of the snatch and grab arrests and the shipping of brown people, guilty or not, to an El Salvador prison should not be celebrated. How do we balance the difference?

    I get the idea that there are people here illegally, and perhaps they should be deported. This problem predates 1904 when the US established immigration services. It wasn’t until 1924 that the border patrol was started, and there was a serious effort to combat brown people from coming to the US.

    Never mind that there was a great migration of Europeans from 1880 to 1914 (about 650,000 per year) that were welcomed. At this time, there were only about 75 million Americans here. I don’t need to tell you that they were welcomed. Then, when brown people showed up, it was a problem.

    The idea of brown people being rapists, thieves, killers, and such was always political propaganda long before President Trump said it. The idea of losing the numerical majority has always been on the minds of Europeans because they believe in karma and that as America becomes less white, their day of reckoning is coming.

    Will there be a day when ICE agents will be used as henchmen to do the bidding of the majority race?