You know, it’s funny how the use of “the race card” is decried as being foul-play by some…
as if racism no longer mattered, or even existed…
Oh noooo, racism shouldn’t even be considered a factor…
When a white cop on a police force that is 95% white shoots and kills an unarmed black teenager in a community that is 67% black…
When our nation’s first black President can’t do anything (repeat NOT ANY ONE SINGLE SOLITARY THING) to please or appease the Tea Party crowd, which happens to be 90% white…
When unemployment among black Americans almost always doubles that of white…
When black Americans account for about 40% of the total prison population in the U.S., despite being only 14% of the total population…
When racist comments from celebrities and business moguls bubble to the public surface, routinely…
When virulent racism can easily be detected simply by reviewing the millions of Facebook comments and Twitter posts about “our” President…
When more than a third of impoverished Americans are black, as opposed to about 13% who are white…
When churches throughout the U.S., especially in the south, are still predominantly divided along racial lines…
When communities throughout the U.S., especially in the south, are still predominantly divided along racial lines…
When in my own experience, friends and acquaintances who would never admit to harboring one iota of racism in public, will readily admit their secret desire to get that [expletive] out of the “white” house…
There’s a lot of talk out there about truth, usually in the form of opinion masquerading as such.
In my opinion, the facts speak for themselves and disclose the real truth…
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