One of the things I learned over the last 24 years living in the United States is the absolute arrogance of white men . Whether it is a question of invading the sovereign Iraqi Nation and creating ISIL in the process or whether it is their response to the Black Lives matter movement as it relates to police excessive behavior their attitudes are the same.
Most of us other people argue points based on merits , pros and cons, we defend our positions based on the inherent feeling that we are right and justified.
Not so with the American white male.
He never quite got around to explaining how Christopher Columbus managed to discover land people were living on in organized societies before he happened upon those lands.
He makes no attempt to explain or address the fact that the “Moors” Black Africans had arrived settled here beside Native Indians and lived peacefully with the Natives since around the 12th century.
The question of his lack of fidelity to the numerous treaties he signed with the Indians and dishonored is never broached or discussed.
So it’s no surprise that when he refers to America in the context of Immigration or the Black Lives matter movement he never bothers to speak to the struggles of either group he simply doubles down on what he sees as his right to the land and his right to do with the world what he sees fit.
It’s not just his right to do with the entire United States as he sees fit. He also believes in his absolute right to control the entire globe.
He speaks about removing and replacing Governments and Administrations as if it’s his duty and job to do so , the unspoken understanding being America’s right to dictate to everyone else.
Just last Sunday Tony Blair the Conservative Former British Prime Minister speaking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria took the unprecedented step[ of apologizing for his role in the Iraq war.
The apology was not without the ever present white male arrogance .….…..
Quote ‚“I apologise for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong. “I also apologise for some of the mistakes in planning and, certainly, our mistake in our understanding of what would happen once you removed the régime.”
You won’t get even that from Bush or the war criminal Dick Cheney.
On that note I salute the Canadian people for recognizing and demonstrating that the reason people respect their country is not because it throws its weight around the world in wars of choice but because it has a history of not doing so.
The unmistakable rejection of Stephen Harper speaks volumes about the sophistication of the Canadian voter on this particular subject.
FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY STILL UNSURE IF WHITE SUPREMACIST’S ATTACK IN CHARLESTON WAS TERRORISM
But the gall of them, who gives them the right to decide who rules in these countries ? They never quite got around to explaining that either . So we are left to assume and maybe more definitively conclude that the color of their skin gives them that authority.
The FBI Director says Police are feeling scared they don’t want to get out of their cars that’s the reason some crimes are trending up is that Police are scared to do their jobs because they are under more scrutiny because citizens are videotaping their activities.
The inference being that Police cannot do their jobs unless they abuse and kill people indiscriminately despite having access to the best and most sophisticated support structure probably of any nation.
The tragedy in all of this is that for the vast majority of people of color who have been abused by the system the FBI and the Federal apparatus was seen as a Savior of sorts. I never quite reconciled that notion consideration the history of the FBI and the divisive, disruptive and downright dangerous role it has played in the African American Community historically.
I guess when you are a drowning man you clutch at straws.
Simply put Black people’s faith in the FBI as an independent investigative Agency was always misplaced. Blacks placing their faith in the FBI as an impartial player between them and the police was always an exercise in stupidity and futility. Comey simply confirmed what I always believed.
Whites take ownership of America and the world , blacks cannot even say this is my country and not blink, in fact they simply never say it. Guess what if you don’t take ownership the other guy will. As such white men continue to tell them do not look up at me , don’t you dare look in my eyes and therein lies the problem.