For quite some time now I’ve been telling everyone who will listen that the 2016 presidential election was not about jobs or the economy, or health care, or the environment, or any other issue but racial animosity. The 2020 election next year will be the same. Donald Trump ran and won three years ago by demonizing people of color, and he shows no indication of changing his game plan.
Recently the term “white nationalism” has been used to describe a trend in America, as well as the more common term “white supremacy.” There is a difference between the two terms, and here’s a capsule explanation of them:
“….white nationalism rejects white supremacy. In other words, white nationalists don’t believe whites are racially superior to others. However, they do believe white identity has value and needs to be protected from extinction. Specifically, they believe white identity is threatened by immigration and INTERMARRIAGE (caps mine). They also believe white power is threatened by competition from ascendant races and immigrants seeking to supplant whites. Hence why they’re so violent: they believe they’re victims of a slow-motion genocide and need to fight back before it’s too late.”—-Slate.com
In 1967 the Supreme Court in “Loving vs. Virginia” legalized interracial marriage. At the time it was illegal in 13 states. National polls showed that 70% of Americans were AGAINST interracial marriage.
Since I’ve been part of an interracial marriage for 28 years, the white nationalist viewpoint interests me.
I have little doubt that in their heart of hearts white Republicans still aren’t warm to the idea of their daughters marrying a black man or their sons bringing home a black woman. Prior to Trump’s election they’d never admit to those feelings, but now it’s fashionable to be “politically incorrect.”
But some liberal Democrats aren’t 100% on board with intermarriage, and they’re also uncomfortable discussing racial issues. If they don’t have a problem with it, they can’t understand why everyone doesn’t feel the way they do. There’s an element of denial as to how serious racism is.
With that in mind, I have a couple of Socratic questions about race I’d like readers to ponder, mull over, and answer.
Anyone from any race can participate. There are no correct answers. It’s all opinion, so try to react calmly, don’t blurt out an emotional answer, and give some logical reasoning to support your theory.
Are you ready? Here we go.
1. If Barack Obama was the same skin color as Jesse Jackson, Samuel Jackson, Reggie Jackson, Bo Jackson, or Janet Jackson could he have been elected president?
2. I taught at North High School in Worcester for 18 years, from 1982-2000. The student population was 50% white and 50% students of color. During that time period I observed a great many romantic relationships between black boys and white girls. There was a significant number of white girls who were impregnated by black boys. One black kid with a good sense of humor gave me a cigar to celebrate the birth of his biracial son.
But in 18 years I never saw one—NOT ONE—relationship between a white boy and a black girl, and there were some drop-dead gorgeous black girls in the school.
Can you explain this?
I have a couple of more questions, but I don’t want to overstimulate you. See what you can do with these (insert smiley face here).
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