General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: "I didn't know how racist America was until it elected its first black President." [View all]I did and wasn't surprised to see this shift in racial relations, for the the worse, although with the election of Barack Hussein Obama I was hoping for a paradigm shift. Yet with each new generation producing racial hate and suspicion, either in the homes or with the help of mass media, Fox News, hate radio and the Internet and now the Trump run for POTUS the most prominent tools of racial hate agitation today, I fear this country's citizens just are not strong enough, socially, to EVER turn ourseles to the more important aspects of life on this planet, with saving our planet from the damage our presence here is causing as a priority. No, we in this country, and it is not the only racist country, are forced to be suspicious and hateful of each other because of our sordid slavery and segregation past, enabled and justified by religion, Southen Baptist most guilty, among others.
The seed of racial hate was planted many generations ago and HAS blossomed into large grove of "bitter fruit" laden trees in many communities and 'burbs' across our nation. These groves are allowed to stand by the people who nurture them. These 'nurturers' are legion.
I just hope the legion represented by many here are strong enough to see those groves of trees hewn down and burned. I have no hope of this happening though, after seeing grandparents, parents and myself having to deal with the same ignorance, stupidity and just plain unreasoned hate as this new generation is experiencing now in the persona of Trump and his followers.
I've heard in my travels, "I will never be put into camps, made a slave again", even 7 year old children are afraid of being a slave I found out after talking with a teacher of at risk children. Sad indeed what this country has been forced to realize with the Presidency of Barack Hussein Obama.