Been Driving A Lot
I’ve been driving a lot, of late. And this has provided ample time for thinking.
As my careful readers know, it is my general belief that my assessment and perspective on life is spot on, and that there is something to gain if I am able to communicate my perspective to others.
My particular aim is to develop the most eloquent and compelling, if not provocative, manner of stating whatever position I find to be true and in need of announcement.
Today, I want to firmly place the concept of “races” or “ethnicities” or “identity politics” or “racism” in the trash fire. I want all of us to stop giving ear and time to the idea that the certain subgroups of humans which have been oppressed are now in need of special, however acute, advantages to make up for the oppression etc. You know what I mean—all the mainstream, legitimate sounding equity and equality BS.
Here’s my zinger which demonstrates that I’m right:
No race/ethnicity/community will ever say “thank you” to the race/ethnicity/community that helped them.
To use one specific example, I’m saying that the venerated “black community” will never tell those former-slavers-now-living-with-“white-privilege”, “Thank you all for giving us a hand when we needed it.”
And it is this fact-of-life of perpetual ingratitude that is the proof that the Blacks themselves know who is ultimately responsible for their station in life—individuals.
Of course, I could be wrong. I long for it, in fact. I’ve even made it easy for ya. All that would have to happen for me to be wrong is one or more of my readers which hail from the “community” would have to say, “Btw, Pete. In honor of your upcoming 41st birthday, I just wanted to say, ‘Thank you for freeing us from the chains of bondage. That was very big of you.’”
(I’m not holding my breath.)
While I wait, I march on with high hopes of avoiding the consequences of unthinking stupidity—and raising my children to do the same.
Captain's Log 
Presumably, you have been spending a lot of your hard-earned money driving around, thanks to this administration. 🙂
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Spot on!
If America was such an unfair, racist, society…then why have millions of Africans immigrated to the US over the past few decades?
I worked with two men from Kenya, one was a prominent politician in his hometown and was forced to flee due to tribal persecution. We worked together and attended the same church, so we had many opportunities to discuss cultural differences and human similarities. Both of these men would tell you that the African immigrants arrived in America with no prejudices toward US citizens. But they said many immigrants after living among those Africans who had been in the US for many years, assimilated identity politics and racial prejudices.
Even when my Filipino stepfather came to America, he saw the changes in others living here that had little contact with fellow Filipinos. Fortunately, the community in which he and my mother lived had a large Filipino population and he remained the same person and did not develop an unwarranted prejudice towards those who were born and raised in America.
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