My Current Thoughts on Black/White Relations in the U.S.

Howdy.

I have some thoughts on the relationship between black people and white people in the United States.

I've thought and prayed about this issue. I've made videos for my Youtube channel and a post or two on my blog in this regard. I feel that I now have a better grasp of what is going on - more than I did before. As God teaches me more, I'm sure my attitude and understanding will deepen and develop even further.

What you see now is a lot of pain in the black population. That pain, which remains unfelt for the majority of the population, is causing there to be a lot of anger and rage which, in turn, manifests in acts of aggression and violence. It is widely known, even if it is taboo to say it, that many black people beat their children and justify it. Popular black music extols material wealth, attaining social power by making examples out of people in violent ways, and sexual superiority. The black population if taken as a whole is one of the poorest of all the races in the U.S. and upward mobility for blacks remains low.

What is the cause of all this? It is racism. It is the kind of racism where one person feels that their race is superior to that of another.

I have examined myself and found that I am, in fact, racist. I have found this through my investigation of my own judgmental tendencies. I would see a black person in public and always feel differently towards them. At first, I excused myself by saying that I was fearful that a possible interaction with my black brother or sister would end in a confrontation. I then saw that my own fear could not be justified because unfelt fear will always lead to anger, resentment, and hatred. And that is what has manifested. In my life I have no black friends, thanks primarily to the fact that I have built a wall of fear between myself and my black brothers and sisters.

Judgement is a real thing. It exists and some people can even measure it. I work with someone like that. He can feel when I am judging him. When I do, he will often have a small accident or mention something like, "I feel the vibes have changed."

I began to examine my own judgement. I was watching an episode from one of my favorite conspiracy channels on Youtube. A video was played of a fight that developed between Asian students and black students on a train in Philadelphia. But it wasn't really a fight. The black youths were attacking the Asian youths. As I watched that, I felt rage boiling once again in my heart. All black people seemed to be so violent, I thought. No matter how hard I try to be good - no matter how much support black people are given, it seems they remain brutal and nasty.

But I was wrong. God helped me to see that. There was one aggressor in that video whom I had fixed my rage upon. As I began to see, through my personal investigations into my judgement, I was literally harming people with my judgement. That meant that I was harming that young girl. I was helping her be and stay as angry as she was. I was insuring that she suited the image I had of black people in my mind for as long as she lived. I was condemning her.

There is a popular concept in conservative circles where someone will appear bewildered by the violence in the black community and point to statistics to prove that people in that community are objectively doing poorly by their own hand. This bewilderment stems from the notion that, because blacks in the U.S. are provably better off than their ancestors were in the times of slavery, their should be no complaints. If young Trevor has access to a good job and a good education, why should he blame white people if his life's circumstances turn out poorly?

But there is a reason for attributing fault. The fault lies in the torrent of judgement that people of other races pummel against black people. That judgement has real weight. And while an individual black person always has the keys to open the doors to her or his highest potential by their own desire for change, those who have this judgement must work to undo it. Why make it harder for another child of God when it will only hurt you, may hurt them if they let it, and will certainly cause a rift in any possible relationship you have with them?

It is easy to attempt to excuse one's own judgement because most people who haven't the eyes to see it, cannot see it. By ignoring the spiritual realities, we think any dark thoughts we have for another person do not exist. It is everyone's personal choice to look deep inside and find how they are actually feeling and thinking. If they don't want to, they don't have to. But God's laws of karma will continue to work on those who refuse to examine themselves.

A popular conservative thinker once said, "The best thing a white person can do to help a black person is to leave them alone." There is some truth to that I think. But if you are judging someone, you aren't truly leaving them alone. At least stop judging and maybe some day the large gulf we see between the races will be crossed.